Show-Me Institute

Economic development subsidies do not generate a return on public investment worthy of the cost to taxpayers. This fact has been confirmed by study...

It should be no surprise that people living outside the city limits of Kansas City and St. Louis are interested in what happens in those cities and...

No one seems to know what is going on with the KCI new single terminal project. Or if they do know, they aren’t leveling with the public. A recent...

On Thursday, December 6, Show-Me Institute Director of Government Accountability Patrick Ishmael appeared on KWMU-St. Louis Radio’s St. Louis on the...

Back in 1980, 13 percent of people were living below the federal poverty line, and 13 percent had standards of living that qualified them as poor....

There is a strange notion going around that public schools are the only place, or the best place, to inculcate students with the values of...

Can above-average investment returns solve Missouri's pension crisis? Dr. Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute reveals the answer in our...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Medicaid costs in Missouri are expected to increase drastically again next year. This yearly refrain will...

2018 was a year of change in Missouri. Lawmakers passed much-needed tax cuts for families and businesses, expanded education options for Missouri...

The Show-Me Institute's 2018 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 16 policy ideas covering a broad range of issues—from education to...