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...
What Missouri Could Learn From Its Deer Hunters
Hunting season is in full swing, and for many Missourians it’s a family affair. As one hunter put it in...
Kansas City Star Skittish on Streetcar Proposal, and Rightfully So
I have written about how Kansas Citians living in a newly-created streetcar district will be casting ballots by mail to...
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...
Give An Inch, Not A Mile
We all know the old saying, “if you give an inch, they’ll take a mile.” Cities seem to skip the...
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...
It’s Official: Payday Lending, Minimum Wage Initiatives Off November Ballot
Supporters of two proposed Missouri ballot measures have thrown in the towel weeks after the Secretary of State’s office announced...
He Cannot Be Serious
The other day, the Kansas City Star published a truly pathetic piece from a college instructor literally begging to be...
Rising Taxes And Tax Giveaways In Kansas City
In two weeks, Kansas City voters will consider a proposal which would eliminate the city’s land tax and replace it...
Where Do We Go From Here? – Healthcare Expert Panel Discussion
On Friday, July 13, 2012, the Show-Me Institute hosted an event featuring a panel of healthcare experts discussing the consequences...
Kansas City Dead Set On Its Dead-End Development Ways
Last week, the Kansas City Star compared the Kansas City region’s race-to-the-bottom tax incentive competition to economic cannibalism. The newspaper cited a...
Kansas City Trolley Proposal Will Likely Have to Do Without Federal Grant
The Kansas City Star reports that federal grant money which city officials hoped would subsidize part of the city’s streetcar...
Kansas City Water Privatization Still a Hot Topic
The Kansas City Star’s Yael Abouhalkah has a solid piece today on the state of water and sewer privatization in...
Building A Better Streetcar Proposal
I have lodged my complaints for a long time regarding Kansas City’s $100 million trolley proposal. In short, it is yet another unnecessary...
Why a Whopping Increase in Missouri’s Cigarette Tax Is a Bad Idea
While growing up in the small border town of Atchison, Kan., my father, uncles, and family friends made frequent trips...
Missouri’s Low Cigarette Taxes (And Why They Should Stay That Way)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently published an article lamenting the fact that Missouri has the nation’s lowest taxes on cigarettes....
The Post-Dispatch’s $4 Billion Tax Hike
Missouri’s major dailies have had quite a run over the past few days. Last week, the Kansas City Star told...
Contra the KC Star: Tax Increases are NOT the Answer
The Kansas City Star wrote an op-ed urging Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (D) to expend some of his political capital...
Double Trouble: Kansas City Considers Extending Trolley Line To Plaza
It seems like only yesterday that I was calling Kansas City’s trolley plans a slow motion train wreck, yet the...
The Main Street Trolley: A Slow Motion Train Wreck
If City Hall has its way, Kansas City will have a $100 million streetcar on Main Street in the not-too-distant...
