The 2024 Blueprint for Missouri Virtual Town Hall

Zach Lawhorn on Nov 13, 2023

Economy

Jackson County Taxpayers Have Had Enough

Jackson County residents voted on adopting a “use” tax last week. Use taxes are simply sales taxes on goods you […]

State and Local Government

Cry, the Beloved Unincorporated Area

An interesting vote took place last week in St. Louis County. A large unincorporated area in the southwest part of […]

Desperate Measures for Desperate Times

In the spring 2022 assessments, just 13.4 percent of the students in St. Louis’s traditional public schools scored on grade […]

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Some States Making Large Reading Gains Post-Pandemic

The hit game Wordle is something I look forward to doing every day. While the prestigious and crowning achievement of […]

State and Local Government

Why Family-friendly Metros Matter with Robert VerBruggen

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert VerBruggen about his latest report Making Metros Family-Friendly: Rankings and Suggestions. Read the full report […]

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A Thin Veneer of Protectionism

Across the country, people are starting to realize that occupational licensing has gone too far. Slowly but surely, we are […]

Wrong Then, Wrong Now—the Post-Dispatch and School Choice

It will come as no surprise to the readers of the Show-Me Institute blog that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gets […]

WATCH: Stopping America’s Slide to Socialism with Kevin A. Hassett

On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Kevin A. Hassett discussed his compelling memoir and analysis, “The Drift: Stopping America’s Slide to […]

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0 out of 5—What a Score

The Reason Foundation just released a new report on how (or if) states are letting families choose their public school—a […]

Good Ideas Done Poorly in Jefferson and Perry Counties

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. As systems evolve and become more complex over […]

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Show-Me Energy: Today’s Energy Sources

Energy is a very complicated topic, and policy debates around energy often involve confusing jargon along with terms and concepts […]

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