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Show-Me Staff on Jan 25, 2022

Corporate Welfare

Movement on TIF Bill

There’s potential for tax-increment financing (TIF) reform this legislative session. My colleague David Stokes and I recently submitted testimony for a hearing on House Bill 1598 (HB 1598). In general, […]

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Missouri Needs More Free Market Activity in Electric Transmission, Not Less

Two bills currently being considered in the Missouri Legislature would make building electric transmission lines more expensive and less competitive, leading to higher electric bills for Missourians. Electric transmission lines […]

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Watch: Increasing Accountability in Education

Michael Q. McShane, Director of National Research at EdChoice, Susan Pendergrass, Director of Research and Education Policy at Show-Me Institute, and Patricia Levesque, Chief Executive Officer of ExcelinEd discuss the […]

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Corporate Welfare

Tax Credit Bills Are Lurking in the Legislative Session

Two tax credit bills are making their way through the legislature this session. SB 733 would establish a tax credit for the music production industry and SB 732 would reauthorize […]

Will a Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights Be Added to the State Constitution?

When we released our Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights (MPBR) late last year, we did so because we thought parents (and taxpayers) needed to have their rights reaffirmed with regard […]

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Podcast: Parents’ Role in Education with Dr. Matthew Spalding

Matthew Spalding is the Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government at Hillsdale College and the Dean of the Van Andel Graduate School of Government at Hillsdale College’s Washington, D.C., campus. As […]

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Corporate Welfare

Brody Corners Decision Good for Springfield

Springfield has temporarily abandoned an incentive package plan for the Brody Corners multi-use project. The plan would have resulted in $3.2 million returned to the developer through tax-increment financing (TIF). […]

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State and Local Government

New Year, Same Problems with the Loop Trolley

The Loop Trolley is causing trouble for Saint Louis area officials again. The problem this time is possibly having to repay the federal government for all the federal money it […]

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State and Local Government

Optimism Remains for 2022, Despite Anti-Transparency Forces

Last month, the Show-Me Institute introduced our latest blueprint for Missouri—an annually produced short list of high-priority, high-impact reforms that would make Missouri better. As our call introducing 2022’s blueprint […]

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State Business Tax Climate Ranking

Missouri ranks 13th in the Tax Foundation’s “2022 State Business Tax Climate Index,” down two spots from last year. This publication grades how well states structure their tax systems and […]

The Session Starts, Trolley Trouble and More Internet in COMO

David Stokes. Susan Pendergrass and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn for the first SMI Podcast of 2022. They discuss the start of the session, trouble for the Loop Trolley and […]

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