Kansas City Homicide Rate May Be National Leader for 2025
A story in the November 20 issue of The Washington Post examines homicide rates in large cities across the United...
Desperate Measures for Desperate Times
In the spring 2022 assessments, just 13.4 percent of the students in St. Louis’s traditional public schools scored on grade...
Honey, I Shrunk the City
It’s not exactly news that the City of St. Louis and the region as a whole have been losing population...
St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. The usual problems with water in St. Joseph, Missouri...
St. Louis Is Shrinking. Let’s Reverse the Trend
The headline “St. Louis is America’s fastest-shrinking city” should set off alarm bells for St. Louis lawmakers and citizens. It’s...
It’s a Head-Scratcher
I just don’t get it. A recent article in The 74 describes how the vibrant charter school sector and strong...
Charter Schools Outperform in Indianapolis
In Missouri, because of the narrow availability of school choice, you have to be lucky to have access to charter...
Kansas City and St. Louis Increasingly in Debt
In June 2013, the Show-Me Institute published a paper comparing St. Louis and Kansas City’s expenses with six peer cities....
I Don’t Think We’ll Be Making the Honor Roll
The results are in, and they’re not great. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the Nation’s Report Card,...
School Options and the Rise and Fall of Cities
It’s a problem that plagues many U.S. cities: How can we make sure that all families have access to a...
A New Convention Hotel Is Not Necessarily a Success
Ronnie Burt, head of VisitKC, the convention and visitor’s bureau in Kansas City, was quoted by The Kansas City Star...
When Kansas City Leaders Got It Right
We often use this blog to criticize city leaders for their bad ideas. City leaders rush to spend public funds...
Saint Louis: Not a Tech City
Saint Louis officials constantly tout the growth of tech companies in the metropolitan area and the city specifically. Whether it’s...
Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business
Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...
Kansas City Deep in Debt
Back in 2013, when we examined Kansas City’s spending relative to other regional peer cities, what we found wasn’t good:...
The Cost of Inefficiency in Kansas City
Woody Cozad on Ruckus last Thursday talked about how poorly Kansas City government is managed. While most people are still...
The Urban-Rural Divide in MoDOT Spending
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on area residents who want to direct more MoDOT funding to urban areas. Specifically, a League...
Show-Me Institute Presents: Breaking Down Revenue
City residents care about how much they pay for government services. For those in Saint Louis and Kansas City who...
Lackluster Outlook for Saint Louis in 2015
The PNC Financial Services Group provides economic forecasts for those areas in which it has a significant business footprint. The...
It’s Groundhog Day for Saint Louis and NFL Stadiums
The story is everywhere: Saint Louis is in danger of losing its NFL team because the city’s current stadium is...
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