Kansas City Builds by Digging Itself into Holes
We’ve written extensively about the money that Kansas City has been handing out to downtown developers. Every dollar they give...
Show-Me Now! Second Chances: K’Von’s Story
Alternative public charter schools like DeLaSalle in Kansas City serve kids who struggle in traditional public schools. Because of...
Stadium Planners Move to Block City Vote
Last week, the Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) brought suit against Saint Louis City over an ordinance that...
Streetcars Still Don’t Create Economic Development
Yesterday, we detailed the ever-shifting claims of streetcar proponents about the economic benefit of streetcars. Numbers have ranged from $750...
Kansas City’s Shifting Development Claims
How much has downtown Kansas City grown? And why? It’s not so easy to know. Here are some claims from...
On Kit Bond Bridge, Give Credit Where Credit Is Due
In this week’s episode of Ruckus, which covers local policy issues in Kansas City, one of the panelists defended using...
The Show-Me Institute on Television
In recent weeks, Show-Me Institute representatives have appeared on several public policy television shows in Missouri, most recently on KCPT’s April 9...
KC Spending Still Doesn’t Add Up
We were delighted to see the Kansas City Star step forward recently to decry the fast growth of city spending: Kansas...
Kansas City Transit Ridership Showing Little Progress
The conventional wisdom in Kansas City is that the city is becoming a hub for urban millennials. To keep the...
In Praise of So-Called Leaderless Drift
Dave Helling of the Kansas City Star writes in a column on the upcoming elections titled, “Springtime KC Voters Still...
Audit the Kansas City Public Schools
We actually went back about eight years and found that there was over $25 million paid in stipends either unapproved,...
New Kansas City Rideshare Rules Need a Rethink
Kansas City has proposed new for-hire vehicle regulations that are designed to allow ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft (also known...
Don’t Let Transportation Development Districts Charge Fuel Taxes
A new bill in the Missouri Legislature (HB 1362) would allow transportation development districts (TDDs) to implement fuel taxes along with...
Mark Your Calendars, Kansas City and St. Louis: Michael Cannon is Coming to Town
Michael Cannon is the director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute and is one of the most prominent figures...
Righting the Wrongs of the Power & Light District
One of the reasons Kansas City is on the hook financially for so much on the Power & Light District is...
New Study on City Spending Confirms What We Already Know
Photo: Union Station in Kansas City by Dual Freq Visitors to Show-Me Daily have probably come across the numerous ways...
Show-Me Now! Convention Hotel or Another Money Pit?
Kansas City may soon be talking about building a convention hotel downtown. Just as with other promises of economic development,...
Streetcars Have Lost . . . Washington, D.C.?
Back in May 2014, at the groundbreaking of the 2.2-mile streetcar line, city leadership held up the streetcar projects in...
Kansas City’s Orwellian “Open Streets”
The Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department is hosting an “open streets festival” called Cycle in the City on Ward Parkway...
Are Charter Schools the School Transfer Fix?
When Stella Erondu moved to America from Nigeria in 1977, she was surprised to find the streets were not in...
