Burns and Mac Does Not Ask For Moon: NASA Calls Them ‘Responsible Corporate Citizen’
One theme being bandied about regarding Burns and McDonnell’s request for tax subsidies is that company officials did not ask...
Useless Taxi Regulation In Kansas City
Kansas City’s attack on Lyft has been a reminder to many residents of the city’s excessively regulated for-hire vehicle market....
Senate Bill 493 Is Not A School Choice Bill
On Thursday, the Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 493. Described as the “transfer fix,” the bill contains many provisions. One...
The Illusive Millennials: Kansas City’s Hunt For The Perfect City Dwellers
Have you heard of the millennials? They are big spenders and transit takers, would rather live downtown, and don’t mind higher...
Show-Me Now! Missouri’s 2014 Budget
Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher Michael Rathbone provides a snapshot of the budget recently passed in Jefferson City. Much of it...
Corporate Welfare Defense: ‘We Could Have Taken More’
Burns & McDonnell, a successful top-20 engineering firm based in Kansas City, is poor. So poor, that in order to...
Lyft And Kansas City’s Stifling Taxicab Regulations
This week, Kansas City officials have been hard at work trying to keep ridesharing out of the city of fountains....
Should Missouri Cities Make Room For Ridesharing? My Uber Story
On a recent trip to New York City, I had the opportunity to use Uber, a rideshare company that is...
Op-ed: Excessive Regulation, Not Lyft, Needs To Stop Operating in Kansas City
Last Friday, my op-ed about Lyft and Kansas City’s absurd taxicab ordinances appeared in the Kansas City Business Journal. For...
Lawmaker Holds Double Standard For Private Schools
Missouri Senate Bill 493 includes a provision that would allow students in unaccredited school districts to attend non-religious private schools....
Excessive Regulation, Not Lyft, Needs To Stop Operating In Kansas City
As first appearing in the Kansas City Business Journal: Not long ago, stores such as Blockbuster rented out movies across...
Streetcar Supporters’ Tortured Logic On Display In North Kansas City Extension Option
It seems the downtown streetcar line and the proposed 7.8-mile extension plan have not slacked some Kansas City residents’ thirst...
Imagine: Kansas City Schools Attracting Residents
We have heard it for years: Kansas City schools are so bad that it is driving people from the city...
It’s Difficult To Compete With Free
If it were your decision and you could select any type of school, what type of school would you select...
Highway Robbery: Missouri Senate Passes Sales Tax Hike For Transportation
Yesterday, the Missouri Senate passed a bill that would use an increase in sales taxes to pay for transportation projects,...
We Get Results
An April 23 post titled Kansas City Streetcar Economic Development Claims Don’t Add Up . . . Literally pointed out...
Don’t Want Your Taxes Funding the Streetcar? Too Late
Kansas City collects a 1-cent sales tax to fund the Public Improvements Advisory Committee (PIAC). According to the city’s website:...
Kansas City Streetcar Economic Development Claims Don’t Add Up . . . Literally
Perhaps in reaction to the Show-Me Institute’s assertion that there are no studies supporting the claim that streetcars alone cause...
Cape Girardeau Should Think Twice Before Establishing CID
As first appearing in the Southeast Missourian: Over the past two decades, Missouri has seen an explosion of new, alphabet...
Pay And Park And Pay For The Streetcar
We have written about the immense cost of the $500 million streetcar expansion plan in Kansas City. Planners have designated...
