Why Is the Department of Economic Development Keeping Secrets?
At a Missouri House hearing on the stadium bill, Michelle Hattaway, Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development, opened...
Missouri Economic Development Incentives Aren’t Worth It
From January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, Missouri issued just under $233 million in economic incentives, according to the...
Another Opportunity to Learn
Trying to lure Hollywood productions to Missouri with tax incentives was always a fool’s errand, but a new report from...
Hollywood Fever Hits Missouri
As movie and TV production has picked up again following the pandemic, are Missourians becoming sentimental and showing symptoms of...
Federal Stimulus Money in Missouri: What We Know So Far
With the federal government handing out trillions of dollars in “stimulus” money (I would call it relief funds), you might...
Skepticism Is Warranted on Missouri/Kansas Border War Truce
A lot of people around the country have cheered a recent agreement by the governments of Missouri and Kansas to...
One Knot at a Time
When my mother was young, she decided to knit herself a sweater with her favorite flower, a daisy, on it....
Counting Economic Development Jobs
H&R Block, which once messed up its own tax accounting, has a weird way of counting job growth. This may...
New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Are you listening, Missouri lawmakers? This is the Ghost of Christmas Past....
Of Super Bowls and Economics
Following the passage of a resolution in the state legislature, the Missouri Department of Economic Development has convened a Super...
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...
Lee’s Summit EEZ: A Solution In Search Of A Problem
As published in Lee’s Summit Journal: In 2006 and again in 2010, Money Magazine cited Lee’s Summit as one of...
Part Three: The Smallness Of The Potentially ‘Hip’ Core
Last week, Kevin McDermott of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch‘s Political Fix blog wrote briefly about the “hip development” debate we...
Ray County Does Not Need Enhanced Enterprise Zones
Let the citizens of Ray County beware: You may think that a nice little sprinkling of government subsidies — done...
Is Missouri’s Economic Development Tax Credit Scheme Working For You?
Two years ago, Bruce Stahl and I compiled tax credit data from the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED), the...
Callaway County Does Not Need An EEZ
Let the citizens of Callaway County beware: You may think that a nice little sprinkling of government subsidies — done...
McGraw Milhaven – David Stokes on KTRS
David Stokes has a recurring spot on McGraw Milhaven’s KTRS radio program. Among the topics discussed in this appearance: Auditor...
Legislators Who Opposed Corporate Welfare Receive Low Grades
The Missouri Chamber of Commerce has released its 2012 voting scorecard. State legislators are graded based on how they voted...
Let Kansas Make Foolish Development Bets; We Have Better Things To Do
The Associated Press has published an excellent article about the tax incentive border war in Kansas City. According to the...
Is This The Sort Of Development Missourians Expected?
Meet Norwood Hills Country Club. In 2006, the state issued more than $1.1 million in state Historic Preservation tax credits...
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