The Last Thing Missouri Needs Is More Urban Planning
A recent op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called for substantially increasing the power of urban planners in St. Louis and...
KC’s Corporate Welfare: JE Dunn’s HQ Renovation Gets Public Support
Thomas Friestad of the Kansas City Business Journal writes that JE Dunn Construction has secured public incentives through Port KC...
Civil Service Reforms Can Go Too Far
Tom Pendergast (and to a lesser extent his brother, James) cast a huge shadow over Missouri government and politics, both...
Downtown St. Louis Doesn’t Need Subsidies
State lawmakers in Missouri are considering a $102 million tax credit program to convert empty downtown St. Louis office buildings,...
Kansas City and St. Louis Road Quality
Our roads are crucial for commerce, safety, and daily life. Yet the state’s extensive road network presents challenges that have...
It’s Time to End Free Transit in Kansas City
We all know that you get what you pay for. When you pay nothing for something, you usually get something...
Missouri’s Mean Streets
Traffic fatalities in both Kansas City and St. Louis have seen significant increases, drawing concern from local leaders and community...
K.C. Subsidies Stop Making Sense
I’m reminded of the Talking Heads song Once in a Lifetime when reading about yet another scheme to subsidize more...
Shocker! Local Leader Demands More Money to Address Issue
I attended a screening of the KCPBS documentary “A Tale of Three Cities” on Tuesday hosted by the Kansas City...
High Hopes for a New Committee at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen
On Wednesday, October 9, a new committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen is holding its first hearing. The...
Missouri Shows that More Government Doesn’t Equal More Housing
Housing is an important issue. Many people, myself included, believe it is a cornerstone issue for so much of what...
It Has Been a Great Week for Economic Development Agencies in Missouri
This has been a fun week for those of us who feel that economic development agencies in Missouri are the...
Kansas City Mayor Gets Basic Policing Numbers Wrong
Kansas City Quinton Lucas recently tweeted out some charts regarding policing that need to be fact checked. While the Kansas...
Outsourcing Is Good
In government outsourcing, governments contract with private-sector firms to have them perform certain services. Outsourcing is not as big of...
STL Q Down the Loo
One of my family’s favorite Kansas City events is the Ethnic Enrichment Festival. Representatives of so many different cultures and...
The Pitch’s Half-hearted Crime Research
In a recent interview with Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, The Pitch magazine tried its best to support the contention...
The L.A. Olympics Will Likely Be an Economic Failure
The New York Times publishes that as Los Angeles is on the brink of hosting the 2028 Olympic Games, the...
Kansas City Must Weigh Cost of Housing Regulations
The more something costs to produce, the less is produced. This is a basic principle of economics; one doesn’t need...
Jackson County COMBAT Is Still a Failure
It’s been a few years since we’ve checked in with COMBAT, Jackson County, Missouri’s Community Backed Anti-Crime Tax. Back in...
Apparently, Failing to Meet Promises Is Not a Violation of K.C. Subsidies Regime
In 2019, I wondered where those jobs were that Cerner promised to create in return for the subsidies handed to...
