Tag: Fiscal Policy

If this were a clean, easy case for tax-exempt financing, officials wouldn’t be managing expectations this early. That they are ...

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Public subsidies for professional sports venues are frequently pitched as economic catalysts, promising jobs, tourism, and neighborhood revitalization. But when ...

Property tax reform should focus not on abolition but on modernization: levy limits, circuit breakers and valuation transparency preserve local ...

From The Kansas City Star

Cities that fund their own infrastructure are more likely to prioritize what they actually need.

Wood MacKenzie’s research found that in nearly every case studied, the fees paid by these large customers didn’t come close ...

Unlike industries such as electronics where efficiency drives down prices, the housing market resembles sectors like healthcare and higher education, ...

Efforts to balance city budgets are opportunities to build consensus with the public about what municipalities can do, and at ...

The urban doom loop isn’t inevitable, but it requires leaders willing to make difficult, unpopular decisions to break the cycle.