Missouri Should Rethink Fire Code Rules that Block Small Apartments
New research suggests Missouri cities could allow more apartment buildings—without compromising safety—by rethinking outdated fire code requirements. The study by...
Missouri Should Rethink Fire Code Rules that Block Small Apartments
New research suggests Missouri cities could allow more apartment buildings—without compromising safety—by rethinking outdated fire code requirements. The study by...
“It cost what?” —KC Streetcar Announces Opening of New Extension
A friend called me the other night. Fox4KC had just aired a story about the opening date of the latest...
Kansas City’s World Cup Potemkin Village
Kansas City is spending $1.4 million in previously allocated World Cup funds to subsidize vacant storefronts ahead of the 2026...
A Closer Look at the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage for Missouri
Who wouldn’t want to get a pay raise? Everyone would enjoy higher wages—but what if a raise meant fewer hours...
What’s Up, SLUP?
Recently, my colleague Patrick Tuohey wrote about the new Housing Supply Accelerator Playbook (HSAP). In his blog post, he discusses...
Missouri Bans Natural Gas Bans
Legislators in Jefferson City recently passed a law barring policymakers in cities and counties from banning the use of natural...
Want More Housing? Get out of the Way
If there is an affordable housing shortage in Kansas City, why is that so? Could the very housing policies meant...
Kansas City Should Rely On Its Strengths
Everyone knows that Kansas City is one of the best places in America to find barbeque, but according to a...
St. Louis’s Ridiculously High Sales Taxes
It is often claimed that Missouri is a low-tax state (which it is not), but it is painfully clear that...
Some Promising Numbers About Millennials in Kansas City. Maybe.
William Frey of the Brookings Institution just published a report entitled “How migration of millennials and seniors has shifted...
The Tax Burden in Kansas City Is High
On Ruckus the other day, panelist Woody Cozad mentioned that taxes in Kansas City are high. He’s right. My colleague...
Should Missouri Increase the Minimum Wage to Help the Working Poor?
In Missouri, a single parent employed full time at a minimum wage job will still be in poverty. Some see...
The Government Shouldn’t Mandate a “Living Wage”
On the last Monday of the legislative session, almost 90 people were arrested in downtown Jefferson City for blocking a...
“Lucky Lindy” vs. Jeff Bezos: Who Is the Better Bet for Missouri?
It may be the biggest and most closely watched competition since Charles Lindbergh – backed by a group of Saint...
On Raising the Minimum Wage in Missouri
On December 1, members of the Missouri General Assembly may begin prefiling legislation for consideration in the upcoming legislative session,...
Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Amazon is amazing. Just amazing. In just 20 years as a public company, it has experienced a thousand-fold growth in...
Feds Find KC Streetcar Deficient
On July 24, the Federal Transit Administration issued a triennial review of Kansas City, Missouri, and its FTA-funded projects, namely...
New Study Documents (Again) the Harmful Effects of Raising Minimum Wages
The results are in, and they are hardly surprising: A new study has found that the increase in Seattle’s minimum...
What Can City Leaders Do To Grow A City? Not Much
Wendell Cox recently wrote a paper for the Show Me Institute titled, “Kansas City—Genuinely World Class: A Competitive Analysis.” In...
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