Tag: Fiscal Policy

Before approving a subsidy, lawmakers should identify the public purpose, establish measurable criteria, require the necessary data, provide for independent ...

High spending does not automatically produce high performance. Residents care less about the size of a budget than whether streets ...

From The Topeka Capital-Journal

From the Missouri Independent

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.