As Expected, Kansas City’s Mail-In Streetcar Vote Wins
We knew this was going to happen, but let’s put this in perspective. About 550 people voted by mail on...
Another Missouri Company Leaving for Kansas, Citing, in Part, Kansas City’s Earnings Tax
Tax. Policy. Matters. We make this point all the time, but if skeptics needed another real world example to hammer...
Soon-To-Be Kansan Company Gets $5 Million to Move A Half Mile
Earlier this year I told you the story of Teva Neuroscience, which announced that it would be moving fewer than...
VIDEO: The New York Times Covers the Kansas City Border War
This weekend, The New York Times kicked off a three-part investigative series titled “The United States of Subsidies.” The series...
TIF Menace Growing in Missouri
Like monsters in a horror film, Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts keep coming back larger and more rapacious. Officials in...
VIDEO: Show-Me Institute Chairman Crosby Kemper Talks KC Streetcar on KCPT
Show-Me Institute Chairman Crosby Kemper was on Kansas City Public Television’s “Kansas City Week in Review” last week to discuss...
Reducing The Size Of The Saint Louis Board Of Aldermen
Most people are familiar with Einstein’s E=mc2. In government, there is another powerful theory, the “Law of 1/n,” which states...
Kansas Rolls Out the Red Carpet to Missouri Companies
For as long as anyone can remember, Kansas and Missouri have been rivals. It may have started in the Civil...
Kansas City Among The Nation’s Worst For Tourism Taxes
Long-time Show-Me Daily readers know that Kansas City is not exactly a tax haven. As the Kansas City Star‘s Yael...
Virtual Education, Real Opportunity
Recently, the Kansas City Star ran a piece on a little-known and underutilized option for Missouri students, the Missouri Virtual...
Lessons For Kansas City From The Chicago Teachers Strike
Who “won” the just-ended Chicago school strike and what are the implications for other large urban districts, including Kansas City...
‘Saint Louis Has High Taxes!’ Say International Accountants
KPMG, one of the world’s Big Eight, Six, Five, Four accounting firms, released a study last week that ranked Saint Louis...
School Transfer Case Needs Common Sense Solutions
The Jackson County Circuit Court issued a final judgment in the school transfer case that seems to have satisfied no...
Crowd Surfing! I Mean, Crowdfunding!
Officials in Kansas City, Mo., are using an exciting new way to fund civic projects that minimizes government’s power in...
Real School Shopping
August has arrived and that means many families will begin their back-to-school shopping. Typically, this means buying the right folders,...
The Tax Credit Problem Is Still A Problem
The state issued more than $400 million in economic development tax credits last year, as it did the previous year...
Kansas City Makes Streetcar Tax Proposal Another Mail-In Affair
While Clay Chastain’s light rail proposal likely will not be on the ballot in November, voters in Kansas City will...
Kansas City Adds Single Measure To November Ballot
It has been a busy week for public officials in Kansas City. Yesterday, the Kansas City Council added one new...
A Victory For Taxpayers: Kansas City May Privatize Airport Shuttle Service
Via Tony’s Kansas City, some very good news on the privatization front. The Kansas City Business Journal reports that Kansas...
Stadium Subsidy Surprise
There is a controversy brewing in Kansas City over the Royals, and for once it does not have anything to...
