Posts Tagged Missouri
First-ever binding end to a border war: Missouri-Kansas
By Kenny Thomas
August 2, 2019
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has just signed an executive order that prohibits state subsidies being used to move existing Missouri firms in four Missouri counties to three Kansas counties, which together make up the Kansas City metropolitan area. Unlike previous voluntary no-raiding deals
How TIFs in St. Louis are Reinforcing the Racial Divide
by Jeremy Moses
Over the past few years, controversy around tax increment financing in St. Louis has been increasingly prominent in local politics. In the mayoral race earlier this year, each candidate put forward his or her own proposal for reform, in response to a growing consensus that incentives are
Schools Lose in Kansas City TIF Deal
Public schools in Kansas City, Missouri may soon lose out on $5 million, or 3.2 percent of all their local funding, if the city’s Tax Increment Financing Commission has its way.
2014: A Landmark Year for Subsidy Accountability
Two-thousand fourteen was a banner year for our movement, hands down. The first move to require standardized subsidy-cost reporting! The first half of a legally-binding two-state cease fire deal! The first state ban on tax-break commissions! A big surge found in state disclosure of subsidies! Big improvements to our Subsidy Tracker, enabling first-ever mash-ups!
