David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me Institute, on very little of the COVID-19 federal funds not being spent by the City of St. Louis. Also, concerns about how the Rams settlement money could be allocated, plus that Webster Groves TIF not quite dead yet.

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Show-Me Institute: Suppose to stimulate economy

David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me Institute, previews some of the more popular issues being presented to voters on April 5.

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Show-Me Institute: Voting on new use taxes

Director of Government Accountability with the Show Me Institute discusses the Kansas City Chiefs looking to perhaps move out of the state of Missouri and into Kansas, how would this affect the state of Missouri financially, and much more.

Patrick Ishmael: Kansas City Chiefs on the move?

David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me Institute, addresses how special taxing districts are approached locally following the news of Florida deciding to eliminate Disney’s special tax district.

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Show-Me Institute: Taxing districts in Missouri

David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me Institute, expounds on his recent column (https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2022/06/08/opinion-stl-corruption-economy.html) about local political corruption hurting the economy.

Show-Me Institute: Need permanent system changes

David Stokes, director of municipal policy with the Show-Me Institute, covers how several areas in the area have gone wrong from Eureka privatizing their water system to more local political scandals to neighborhoods ringing the bell for help.

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Show-Me Institute: Local government failures

David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me Institute, on the City of Chesterfield forming a commission to determine whether it should issue a tax increment to pay for public infrastructure.

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Show-Me Institute: Tax increment financing

David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy for the Show-Me Institute, on Chesterfield clearing a major hurdle when a special commission recommended it receive $353 million in tax incentives for a new "downtown" project.

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Show-Me Institute: Downtown Chesterfield

David Stokes with Show Me Institute: McGraw Show 3 - 10 - 23

David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: the final stretch of Missouri’s legislative session, including debates over education funding, Medicaid spending, and the state’s overall budget growth. They discuss proposed education reforms, reading instruction standards, and open enrollment. The conversation also covers late-session legislative dealmaking, concerns over tax credit expansions, the pause of St. Louis’s transit project, new land bank plans in St. Louis County, and developments in telemedicine and electricity market reforms.

Timestamps

00:00 Budget Week: The Countdown Begins
02:57 Legislative Priorities: Education and Medicaid
06:00 Senate Bill 10: A Mixed Bag of Economic Development
09:03 House Bill 660: Local Tax Reforms
11:49 Education Legislation: Open Enrollment and Safety Measures
15:11 Land Banks: A Controversial Expansion
17:58 Telemedicine and Energy Policy: Future Prospects
20:49 Final Thoughts: Legislative Outlook and Community Impact


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The Final Weeks of the 2025 Session

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