Don’t Worry, We’re All Confused
You know a good report card when you see it, and the recently released annual performance reports (APR) for Missouri...
Incentives Will Never End Unless City Leaders Say No
Waddell & Reed was just granted $62 million in state subsidies, but apparently that is not enough; now they want...
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More Hotels; Fewer Taxes
Despite the fact that Kansas City just held an election in which the city’s profligate use of tax subsidies played...
What Happened to Those 800 Dangerous Buildings?
Three and a half years ago, Kansas City leaders were so embarrassed by a KCPT documentary on urban blight they...
Even Kansas City’s Director of Economic Development Knows that CDFA’s Incentive Study is Bogus
If, despite all that has been written here and elsewhere about how Kansas City’s Incentives Study was a complete and...
When City Leaders Aren’t Concerned, Taxpayers Should Be
In a recent story in The Kansas City Star about cost overruns for the downtown convention hotel, Steve Vockrodt wrote:...
Where Are Those Jobs, Cerner?
In 2014, Cerner received “the largest economic development project in the history of the state” to build its new headquarters...
Plugging the Port Hole
A recent column by Dave Helling in The Kansas City Star called for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to challenge...
We’re Suing the State
This morning the Show-Me Institute filed suit against Missouri’s Office of Administration for violating the state’s Sunshine Law. A full...
Port KC Versus Taxpayers
Steve Vockrodt over at The Kansas City Star has a story about Google wanting to invest $600 million in a...
The Strata Deal Is Built on Misinformation
The Kansas City Star editorial board called for the city council to reject a proposal to use taxpayer money to...
Taxes for Thee, But Not for Me (Part 2)
Over two years ago, Show-Me published a piece about how Missouri corporations such as Burns & McDonnell advocate for higher...
Food Desert Mirage Exposed
Food deserts in Kansas City are a mirage. I’ve written about this numerous times before, and the fact remains that...
Kansas City Star Editorial Gets It Right on Tax Subsidies
Developers in Kansas City are asking for yet another subsidy, this time with a price tag of $63 million. One...
USDA Moves to Kansas City, Gets Incentives
Alex Muresianu of Reason wrote recently about the USDA moving 550 positions from the Washington, D.C. area to the Kansas...
Missouri Education Spending Continues To Grow
Earlier this week, the Census Bureau released the Annual Survey of School System Finances. It provides detailed spending figures for...
KC’s economic development study parroted exactly what the city wanted
The following commentary also appeared in the Kansas City Star. Businessman John Wannamaker famously quipped, “Half the money I spend on...
Downtown Baseball? A Swing and a Miss
On the October 12, 2017 episode of KCPT’s Ruckus, panelists discussed the topic of moving Kauffman Stadium to downtown Kansas...
Will There Be a Cease-fire in Kansas City’s Economic “Border War”?
That’s the billion-dollar question that legislators on both sides of State Line Road are asking themselves. Show-Me Institute researchers have...
Missouri’s Starting Teacher Salary Is Higher Than Previously Reported
“Missouri ranks 49th nationally in average starting teacher salary at $31,842.” This quote comes from an ABC 17 news report,...
