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Wind farm and greenhouse gas farm, together

Why is Missouri Holding Up a High-Voltage Transmission Line for Wind Energy?

The 'Show Me State' nixed a 780-mile high voltage transmission line to carry wind energy generated in western Kansas through Missouri to Indiana, where it would transmitted to the East Coast.

June 29, 2016 - Columbia Daily Tribune

St. Louis Puts Renewed Effort Into Vacant Properties

St. Louis Public Radio explains the various efforts of the St. Louis Land Reutilization Authority.

June 19, 2016 - St. Louis Public Radio

St. Louis Metrolink

With Mayoral Support—What's Next for Proposed MetroLink Extension in St. Louis

The long-time mayor of St. Louis has announced his top priority for his final year in office, and it's good news for transit advocates.

June 16, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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7 'Smart Cities Challenge' Proposals

The Washington Post details each of the seven proposals competing for $40 million in the U.S. Department of Transportation's Smart Cities Challenge.

June 14, 2016 - The Washington Post

Clear-Sky Flood

Welcome to a Changed Climate: It Even Floods When it's Sunny

A new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration documents the increasing frequency of nuisance floods and "clear-sky flooding."

June 11, 2016 - USA Today

Gateway Arch Rendering 2

Planetizen Week in Review: June 3, 2016

Planetizen Managing Editor James Brasuell shares some of the biggest news and announcements from the week in planning, land use, and related topics. All in two minutes and 30 seconds.

June 3, 2016 - Planetizen

Gateway Arch Rendering

Open Today: Renovated Riverfront Path Below the Gateway Arch

Part of a $380 million renovation project on the Gateway Arch grounds, a new riverfront path is built two feet higher above the banks of the mighty Mississippi River.

June 2, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Gas Station 7-Eleven

Let Smokers Pay for Roads

Missouri has come up with a unique way to pay for roads, and it's even a user fee, though it bears no direct relation to road users other than for those driving to the store to buy their cigarettes. So much for using the tax to address public health.

May 26, 2016 - Missourinet

Kansas City Streetcar Prototype

Open Today: the Kansas City Streetcar

Today, Kansas City becomes the first Midwestern city to run modern streetcar service.

May 6, 2016 - Kansas City Star

Gateway Arch

Invest STL's Community Development Efforts Have Regional Scope

The St. Louis region now has its first community economic development system. Invest STL, as its called, will work to create "a pipeline of place-based, neighborhood-led development projects."

April 21, 2016 - Next City

Welcome to Kansas

Closer to a Truce in an Economic Development Border War

The border between Kansas and Missouri has long been the grounds for acts of "jobs piracy"—also known as offering larger and more lucrative tax and financial incentives to bring new business across state borders.

April 18, 2016 - Kansas City Business Journal

Kansas City Program to Turn Vacant Lots Into Urban Forest

The Kansas City Land Bank has the funding to back up plans to begin transforming blighted, vacant lots into thriving groves of poplar trees.

April 6, 2016 - The Kansas City Star

Community Development Corporations Struggling to Stay Afloat in St. Louis

Less funding has led to a decline in the number of community development corporations in the St. Louis area, despite a persistent need for their services.

March 18, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

How Federal Housing Programs Built Segregation in St. Louis

St. Louis Public Radio details the work of a local researcher who says the segregation of today's St. Louis is the result of deliberate, decades-long federal housing policy.

March 15, 2016 - St. Louis Public Radio

Ten States Could Hike Gas Taxes this Year

With gas prices the lowest since 2009, ten state legislatures and governors consider raising state gas taxes, though many are accompanied by fiscally questionable tax shifts. Some tried and failed last year. All of the proposed increases are modest.

February 24, 2016 - Tax Justice Blog

Rainbow Crosswalk

Re-Examining the Safety of Colorful Crosswalks

There has been no shortage of responses to the story about St. Louis letting decorated sidewalks fade away after encountering federal policy that recommends more subdued colors.

February 13, 2016 - Streetsblog USA

St. Louis Rainbow Crosswalk

Painted Crosswalks Don't Pass Feds' Eyeball Test in St. Louis

St. Louis will end a program that allows groups to decorate crosswalks for the purposes of beautifying and branding neighborhoods. Currently decorated crosswalks can stay, for now.

February 9, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louis Finally Has a Developer for Long-Sought Redevelopment Project

The St. Louis City Council recently approved the initial steps for 1,800 acres of Maryland Heights floodplain. Plenty of hurdles remain, such as coming up with the money the developer wants to see the project through.

February 8, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Edward Jones Dome

St. Louis Looks for Solutions to Stadium Debt in the NFL's Wake

The city, county, and state that the NFL's Rams once called home will continue to pay debt for the financing of the Edward Jones Dome. What other option to they have?

February 5, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri Still Searching for Transportation Funding Answers

New leadership at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is redoubling efforts to find new sources of revenue for the state's transportation funding deficit.

January 28, 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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