Kansas City is Falling Behind the Region
The Kansas City region is a rarity in that it straddles two states. Of the fourteen counties and 2.2 million...
Bike Walk KC’s Fuzzy Math and Incorrect Claims
Kansas City leaders have been considering a proposal to spend millions on a bicycle master plan for the city. The...
Follow-up on Kansas City Population Trends
The other day we published a post about some Brookings Institution data suggesting the Kansas City was doing well with...
How and Why Prop A Will Boost Jobs and Growth
Outside of Missouri, the most closely watched contest in the Aug. 7 elections here will not be any of the...
Kansas City’s Tech Inertia
In the State of the City speech in late March, Mayor Sly James outlined his vision for an innovation economy...
The Incredible Shrinking City
According to recently released U.S. Census data, the population of the city of Saint Louis has once again decreased. In...
Democracy Alive And Well In Lee’s Summit
On May 23, the Lee’s Summit Enhanced Enterprise Zone (EEZ) Advisory Committee held a public meeting to collect feedback on a...
Lee’s Summit EEZ: A Solution In Search Of A Problem
As published in Lee’s Summit Journal: In 2006 and again in 2010, Money Magazine cited Lee’s Summit as one of...
Stuck In The Middle: Context Matters, Just Not For Missouri Wonk
A couple of days ago, the Missouri Wonk Report posted a blog claiming: “Missouri Gains Ground in Educational Achievement.” The...
Striking Correlations Between Income Taxes and Congressional Reapportionment
Only seven states levy absolutely no income tax. According to the U.S. Census data released today, only eight states will...
“What Is the Smallest Town in the State?”
Last Friday, I travelled to the 108th Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, for my shift at the Show-Me Institute’s booth, fully prepared...
Show Me the Real Unemployment Rate
Missouri’s unemployment rate dropped two tenths of a percent from April, according to the Department of Economic Development. The drop in...
Lobbying Through the Census
This is from a Columbia Missourian article about a campaign to identify respondents’ sexual orientation on Census forms: “The census...
University of Michigan Student: Census Participation = Cash
Those of you who become physically ill when you watch ads connecting Census participation and government funding might want to...
Hard Choices, Not False Choices
The Tour of Missouri website encourages Missourians to lobby for restored funding. Here are some of the reasons it gives:...
The Census Bureau Should Stick to YouTube
The response to the Census Bureau’s YouTube clips has been mixed. Some videos attracted a lot of hits; others were...
Dora the Explorer Promotes the Census
The Census Bureau has enlisted Dora the Explorer to spread its message that the Census counts babies and children. In...
Counting the Smallest Towns’ Residents
This AP story is one of the most enjoyable articles about the Census I’ve ever read. It explores how residents...
The Census Bureau Is Not a YouTube Sensation
My Two Census declares the Census Bureau’s marketing campaign a flop, based on data from its YouTube channel: The Portrait...
Another Reason the Census Bureau Shouldn’t Collect Stories
I’m guessing the Census Bureau wants its road tour — which is collecting videos, photos, and personal stories — to...
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