Southeastward view of Downtown skyline from third floor window of Blewitt Middle School on Cass Ave near 19th St. Photo by Eddie Roth

For five years, St. Charles County developer Paul McKee steadily and painstakingly has moved forward with a vision…

Bigger things are planned.

During the chaotic final hours of the legislative session that ended May 31, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill that could help turn 900 acres of corn and bean fields near Glen Carbon into a “destination attraction” that…

Southeastward view of Downtown skyline from third floor window of Blewitt Middle School on Cass Avenue near 19th Street. Eddie Roth.

The vision is breathtaking.

Against all odds — and, some would argue, against all reason —  a huge swath of long-blighted, mostly…

At its meeting Wednesday, the East-West Gateway Council of Governments board is expected to take up the agency’s staff report which, to my way of thinking, confirms that local governments have wasted billions of dollars in taxpayer money subsidizing private…

Since 1990, the St. Louis region’s crazy quilt of taxing authorities has dedicated more than $2 billion in public money to subsidize private “economic development” projects. And there’s almost nothing to show for it.

At best, the subsidies have created a…