Saint Louis County Would Benefit From City’s Return
In his most recent inaugural address, Mayor Francis Slay stated that it is time for the city of Saint Louis...
Switching to Private Utilities Could Fund Springfield’s Pension Shortfall
The city of Springfield is currently struggling to deal with a significantly underfunded public pension plan. Officials recently attempted to...
How Good Is Health Care in Missouri?
Many of my friends are involved in discussions about health care. A common thing I hear is that people are...
Ridiculous Lawsuit Over Assessments in Jackson County
Talk about having your cake and eating it, too. School districts loved it when property values skyrocketed throughout this decade along...
Missouri Suffers From the Saint Louis and Kansas City Earnings Taxes
The Saint Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes, 1-percent income taxes imposed on those living or working within city limits,...
Small but Notable Government Consolidation in Kansas City
It is always dangerous to talk before you have all the facts, as a certain person sharing a beer today...
Great Privatization Success for Kansas City Animals
Check out this article in the Kansas City Star, and these comments over at Toellner Tells It, about the recent privatization...
Breaking Down Barriers to Charter Funding
The Kansas City Star reports that some charter schools in Missouri have emerged victorious from the latest round of litigious...
Earnings Tax Burden Is Too Heavy
In a recent article for the St. Louis Beacon, the Show-Me Institute’s vice president Joseph Haslag and intern Alex Schulte...
What Does the Earnings Tax Cost Saint Louis and Kansas City?
Missouri’s two largest cities are shrinking relative to the rest of the United States. The city of Saint Louis is...
Direct Democracy or Representative Republic: Which Do You Prefer?
I generally prefer the actions of a representative republic over those of a direct democracy. Yesterday’s Kansas City Star had a...
Kansas City Should Learn From St. Louis’ Mistakes
I don’t have much time to expand on this, because I have a flight to catch, but I see in...
Building Codes, Your Thoughts Please …
I support the right of local government to enforce building codes if the citizens in those areas want them. Yesterday’s deck collapse...
“Everything’s Up for Counting in Kansas City”
Recalls, recounts, references to songs in Oklahoma — things are a mite bit interesting in Kansas City, wouldn’t you agree,...
The Post-Partisan Age of School Choice
Over at Cato@Liberty earlier today, Andrew Coulson commented on how school choice is becoming an increasingly post-partisan issue, as politicians...
Stop Leaving Most Children Behind
Two and a half years ago, while I worked for the Cascade Policy Institute, I was lucky enough to be...
Another Reason to Dislike the Stimulus Plan, As If You Needed It
When you send politicians blank checks of money that they are just supposed to spend for the sake of spending...
Springfield Pension Blues
Two articles in the News-Leader have detailed the latest in the discussion about how Springfield should handle its pension shortfall. A special...
Branson and Its Fancy New Airport
USA Today follows up on the recent New York Times story about the new private airport in Branson. It is...
And Along Those Lines …
On the heels of my post about the excellent lecture series going on in Kansas City, I would be remiss...
