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Kansas City Mum on Royals Ransom
It has been nearly two months since Kansas City leaders and the Royals announced plans for a new downtown ballpark at Crown Center. Yet we still don’t know the amount taxpayers will be asked to provide for the project. According to The Kansas City…
Keeping Kansas City Safe During the World Cup with…
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Kansas City Voters May Get a Say on the Royals Downtown…
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2026 Legislative Session Report
The 2026 Missouri legislative session delivered significant progress on some of the state’s most…
Data Centers Can Bring Their Own Tax Cuts
There is a saying in areas prone to significant flooding that “floods bring their own rain.” Like…
Judge Glock on Local Impact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iptUEVT5NFM Susan Pendergrass speaks with Judge Glock, director of research and senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and contributing editor at City Journal, about the growing debate over data centers in Missouri…
Ferguson Denies Incentives for Data Center Project
Data center headlines have been filling newspapers each and every week. Among the myriad proposed…
Country Club Plaza Subsidy Deal Reveals What’s Broken…
I’ve argued for years that Kansas City’s lavish subsidies distort the market while failing to…
$750,000 for American Airlines. Courtesy of Taxpayers
The public purse is not a private piggy bank for government leaders to dip into to reward their…
Taxpayers Shouldn’t Be Responsible for Airline’s Losses
Taxpayers should never be on the hook just because a major airline doesn’t make a monthly profit for…
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