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There are several cities and counties in Missouri seeking to have new taxes or bond issues approved by voters on August 4.showmeinstitute.org/article/state-…

📰Sunday Read: From Susan Pendergrass: Columbia Public Schools is fighting to keep a new charter school out of Columbia — while some of its own schools have math proficiency rates in the single digits: bit.ly/459zmMl | #moleg

Most #KansasCity -area restaurants reported lower customer traffic, declining revenue, and a negative overall business impact during the 2026 FIFA World Cup kctv5.com/2026/07/24/mos…

Missouri hospitals claim that they lose money on Medicaid patients. They also claim that recent Medicaid "cuts" would hurt some hospitals. But if hospitals are losing money treating Medicaid patients, how would treating fewer of them be a financial problem? tinyurl.com/yc4kjey8 | #moleg

Missouri has taken an important step toward phone-free classrooms. showmeinstitute.org/article/educat…

God forbid we have apartments along a major road like Olive Blvd. Developer withdraws pitch for Creve Coeur apartments stltoday.com/news/local/gov… via @stltoday @ShowMe

The Vic Porcelli Show – NewstalkSTL – 07-24-26 FRIDAY: Welcome all Vic Heads to The Vic Porcelli Show! WOOOOSH my Bruthas and Sistas! If you're up for it on this fine Friday, become a part of the conversation. Use the phone at 314-912-1019 or put your question or comment in the chat box. Thanks for being here and being a part of NewstalkSTL 🚨Coming Up LIVE: The Vic Porcelli Show 9a-12p🇺🇸 @NewstalkSTL (ALL TIMES CST) 💫9:05A David Stokes, Director of Municipal Policy at the Show-Me Institute, @DavidCStokes @ShowMe 💫9:25A Larry Conners Weekly: "Mr. Conner's Neighborhood @LarryConnersUSA 💫9:41A 💫10:05A Mike Elam / candidate for St. Charles County Council 💫10:25A "WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING?!!" with KATHY KAISER 💫10:41A Weekly Feature: “IT’S MILLER TIME!!” 💫11:05A Chris Cooper / Serenity Wealth Management 💫11:25A Feature: “CHAT BOX!!” 💫11:41A Weekly Feature: “WHEEL OF AUDIO CLIPS!! @Yovic7 @kenjwilliams newstalkstl.com/porcelli/ If you missed a segment, Check out our podcast! PODCAST-open.spotify.com/show/2eMkjGTq0… We livestream everyday from: FACEBOOK - facebook.com/NewsTalkSTL RUMBLE - rumble.com/NewsTalkSTL LIVESTREAM - bit.ly/NEWSTALKSTLSTR… NEWSTALKSTL WEBSITE - newstalkstl.com

To their credit, the NYT gives a more skeptical account of World Cup tourism than the WSJ did. But it still confuses higher spending, restaurant traffic and hotel rates with economic growth. #KansasCity had a busy—and perhaps profitable—month. That doesn’t tell us whether the public benefits exceeded the public costs. nytimes.com/2026/07/23/tra…

"It's OK to say (the World Cup) didn't make us rich, but it may have made us happy,"

#TBT 2018: I respond to a #STL radio host about stadium subsidies. Different year. Different city. Different sport. But the same fact remains--they're bad for taxpayers. youtu.be/4YBahrEVLKA?si…

Local issues don't always get front page news coverage, but they can make a big difference in people's lives. @DavidCStokes runs through a few local issues on the ballot in the upcoming August 4 election: tinyurl.com/yvc83rn4 | #moleg

Last month, @PatrickTuohey spoke with Lee's Summit civil rights attorney Jonathan Whitehead on @kcmotalkradio about the legal history behind Kansas City's contracting program and why the city may be in legal jeopardy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kan…

NEW from @PatrickTuohey: Missouri's Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Kansas City for violating anti-discrimination laws. bit.ly/3Tg9bAM

In June 26, I spoke with @jrwhitehead on @kcmotalkradio about #KansasCity and it's race- and sex-based contracting preferences open.spotify.com/episode/0yt5Mq…

Fewer births and shifting demographics have contributed to declining public school enrollments. Since 2019, counts have dropped by 1.5 million students in 40 states. Only 10 states avoided this trend. reason.org/education-news…

Declining enrollment in America’s public schools, by the numbers 🧵👇

I may have been the only person to write about this report, and now the Missouri AG is suing #KansasCity over it's findings. kmbc.com/article/missou…

One. Trillion. Dollars. In April, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that the 50 states and Washington, D.C., took in $1 trillion in federal, state and local revenue for K-12 public education in the 2023-24 school year.

Why is Missouri trying the same failed economic development strategies over and over again? tinyurl.com/bdfyc4uv | #moleg

Tax incentives encourage exactly this kind of gamesmanship. Instead of figuring out how to create something people actually want, entrepreneurs spend their time figuring out how to structure a deal to maximize the value of the tax code. kansascity.com/opinion/articl…