Live Event in Springfield July 21: Does Missouri have an Affordable Housing Problem?

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State and Local Government

Hazelwood, Bankruptcy, and Special Laws

The City of Hazelwood has announced that it is cutting back on the services it provides its residents. In related news, Hazelwood had a starring role in my new paper […]

Charter School Students Will Finally Stop Getting Shortchanged

Governor Parson has now signed House Bill (HB) 1552 into law. In signing HB 1552, the governor has acknowledged that some public school students are not worth less than others […]

Tax Rebate Veto, KC Bus Issues, And The Osage Beach Outlet Mall

David Stokes, Elias Taspelas, and SMI Intern Quin Rizer join Zach Lawhorn. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Stitcher Listen on SoundCloud

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A Little Good News on Gas

As gas prices remain historically high across the nation and a statewide gas tax holiday seems unlikely, some very organized Missourians may soon get back a few dollars of the […]

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The Shift Toward Parents Continues

Although teachers’ unions have been around for over one hundred years, collective bargaining and teachers’ strikes really began in about 1960. That’s when the structure of teachers as organized labor […]

SCOTUS, Scooters, and a Gas Tax Holiday

David Stokes, Susan Pendergrass and Abigail Wagner join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the recent SCOTUS decision upholding a parent’s right to choose a religious private school, even if the tuition […]

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State and Local Government

Even with an Updated Route, MetroLink Expansion is a Waste

Plenty of federal funds are available after President Biden signed a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law last November, and Saint Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is trying to cash in […]

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A Lesson on Early Literacy from the Magnolia State

If I polled one hundred Missourians on which state they thought had the best early literacy policies in the nation, I’m almost certain most of them wouldn’t immediately say “Mississippi.” […]

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Legislature Squanders Health Care Opportunity

As has been discussed on this blog multiple times over the past few weeks, Missouri’s 2022 legislative session was largely a disappointing one. For me, the biggest letdown was the […]

Corporate Welfare

Centene Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

There are numerous flaws in the ongoing subsidy-driven economic development strategy employed in Missouri. In this post, I want to focus on one of those flaws. Businesses often overstate the […]

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