Show-Me Institute

“Kind of crazy.” That’s how the director of school improvement for the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) describes the...

On June 13 the Show-Me Institute's Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT's Ruckus to discuss his latest report on Kansas City's misleading study...

A survey released earlier this year suggests the Ozark region has a workforce problem. The survey asked businesses in the Ozark region questions...

Kansas City has been spending loads of money on economic development subisides for years. But instead of actually spurring economic development,...

Dear Waddell & Reed employees,I read with interest a story in The Kansas City Business Journal that your company may be considering a move (back...

Half a league, half a league,Half a league onward,All in the valley of DeathRode the six hundred.“Forward, the Light Brigade!Charge for the guns!” he...

My son, I’m happy to say, is a well-adjusted adult who participates in plenty of active sports—mostly surfing and rock climbing. But, I clearly...

Missourians hoping for a reprieve from rising health care costs will have to wait at least another year. Once again, the legislature failed to pass...

Back in 2014, then-Governor Jay Nixon referred to Missouri as a “low-tax state.” Nixon was wrong, and my colleagues pointed it out. Because Nixon was...

The Show-Me Institute's 2019 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 16 policy ideas covering issues ranging from education to health care,...