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

Susan Pendergrass talks with Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for education policy implementation at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy, about a recent Washington Post article blaming Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts for school closures in the Roosevelt Elementary School District. They unpack the real reasons behind declining enrollment, the role of open enrollment and charter schools, and why most Arizona students exercising school choice are still in public schools. The discussion covers how media narratives overlook parent-driven decisions, the political resistance to letting kids leave low-performing districts, and why open enrollment could be a game changer for states like Missouri. Ladner also shares his broader perspective on the post-COVID shift toward educational self-reliance and what it means for the future of public education.

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What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner

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