Today’s Missouri primary may not see high voter participation in St. Louis’s African American community.
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Posted inHousing and Transportation
Riding for Free in Kansas City
Big cities have shunned free public transit. Now, KC’s free-fares push may provide transit systems across the country with a ‘how-to’ guide.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Kansas and Missouri Call a Truce in Corporate-Welfare Border War
Governments in both states have wooed Kansas City–area businesses with tax breaks to relocate across state lines. Now they’re partnering to stop the giveaways.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Meaning of Labor’s Win in Missouri
An overwhelmingly non-union electorate voted in favor of unions. What does that portend?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
For Missouri Unions, the Battle Is Far from Over
Voters rejected “right to work,” but other new laws could curtail workers’ power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Labor’s Astonishing Missouri Win — and the Opening It Portends
Ohio’s razor-thin vote for an open House seat got most of the headlines, but the bigger story was the defeat of a right-to-work ballot proposition in supposedly right-wing Missouri. The bill to make Missouri America’s 28th state with a “right to work” law was passed by the legislature in 2017 and signed by then–Republican Governor […]
Posted inWorking in America
Missouri’s Greitens Guts Public-Sector Unions on His Way out the Door
The scandal-plagued governor scrambled to sign anti-union legislation and a stack of other bills before he resigned.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Dark Money and the Downfall of Eric Greitens
The Missouri governor’s political immolation could provide a roadmap for campaign finance reforms.
Posted inEducation in America
St. Louis Public and Charter Schools Fight Over Desegregation Taxes
Allegations that funds should not have gone to charter schools reveal the challenges of having to finance two school systems.