corporate welfare
Are Opportunity Zones Just Federal-Level TIF?
When Congress created Opportunity Zones in 2017, the goal was simple: use tax incentives to steer private investment into distressed communities. Investors could defer or eliminate capital-gains taxes if they reinvested those gains in designated…
Bad and Worse for Data Centers in Colorado
Denver just added a new layer to an already hostile environment for data centers. This week, Mayor…
The TIF that Keeps Taking
Thomas Friestad at the Kansas City Business Journal wrote recently that an engineering firm (Gannett…
What’s the Deal with the Tax Subsidies for Youth Sports…
Yes, you are supposed to read the title like Jerry Seinfeld doing a bit. (I met Keith Hernandez at…
Powering Data Centers Out of Colorado
By Sarah Montalbano Legislators in Denver are off to the races this session with a heavy-handed bill…
Extraordinary Economic Claims Require Extraordinary Evidence—Sports Edition
Three pieces published on Friday tried and failed to find evidence for big claims about the economic impact of sporting events. In a column for The Kansas City Star, I challenged the rosy claims of the alleged economic windfall from hosting the World…
Live By the Sword, Die By the Sword
Show-Me Institute analysts have been writing and talking about Paul McKee’s Northside (St. Louis)…
2026 Missouri State of the State
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to break down Governor Mike…
Is the Chiefs Move to Kansas Really a Done Deal?
Patrick Tuohey joined Pete Mundo on Mundo in the Morning on KCMO Talk Radio to question whether the…
Is the Chiefs Move to Kansas Really a Done Deal?
Patrick Tuohey joined Pete Mundo on Mundo in the Morning on KCMO Talk Radio to question whether the…
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