FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RE: Ordinance No. 180928 The Coalition for Kansas City Economic Development Reform has released the following...

On Saturday, the KC League of Women Voters adopted this position: LWV is a strong supporter of public education. LWV is opposed to THIS...

After several months of Mayoral Forums, our candidates are now starting to differentiate their platforms from each other (slightly)....

The following blog post has been re-published with permission from it's original writer, Angie Lile and does not reflect the opinions of...

On October 25, 2018 the Coalition for Kansas City Economic Development Reform (CKCEDR) filed a petition entitled “Petition Initiative to...

Like a bad penny the Mark Twain Tower keeps coming back. It has been virtually tax-free since 1999 but the work was never completed! Now,...

The Coalition for Kansas City Economic Development Reform have officially submitted 133 voter signatures, more than the number required...

Taxpayers take note: Many TIF lawyers inhabit the big law firms. They specialize in making conflicts of interest legal. We all know it's...

So how bad was that study of tax incentives in Kansas City? Turns out, really bad (also really expensive)... #ShowMeInstitute #TIF

Please join us on Tuesday, March 16 from 6-7:30 p.m. for a civic discussion to learn more about one of Kansas City’s iconic National...

Updated 11/8/20 - Ordinance 200497 to be taken up in the Neighborhood Planning & Development Committee on December 2, 2020, 1:30pm on the...

A Community Improvement District, or CID, is a business area which typically consists of businesses who generate a sales tax revenue....

Originally released February 14, 2020 - The League of Women Voters of Kansas City is a nonpartisan organization making democracy work in...

BlueScope Companies, an Australian-based, billion dollar corporation, has been receiving an abatement on their property in the West...

The convention hotel deal was pure City Hall. Sly James claimed the incentive package and the subsequent $325 million hotel as a major...

Is the era of entitlement for massive luxury subsidies over in KC? We hope so. But with so many flaws, this project makes a poor litmus...

Comment by Nathan Duvall: The article fails to note that the proposed project requires the city to guarantee the debt. If the finances...

Comment: The EDC is using words like like equity and inclusion. We are skeptical about what these words mean to some of KC's most...

Developers of a proposed $63 million luxury hotel were given an additional extension by a Kansas City incentive-granting body on...

Kansas City has long been a prime example of state tax incentives gone awry — the question now is if Kansas and Missouri can change the...