The 2025 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward

Show-Me Staff on Dec 5, 2024

Corporate Welfare

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Downtown St. Louis Doesn’t Need Subsidies

State lawmakers in Missouri are considering a $102 million tax credit program to convert empty downtown St. Louis office buildings, […]

Missouri’s Accountability Crisis, Ghost Students and Tax Hikes

James Shuls, David Stokes, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss what the latest test scores reveal about Missouri […]

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The Four-Day School Week and Finances

Missouri’s continuous decline in public school enrollment and the drying up of federal COVID funds have left school districts across […]

Public Education in Missouri Is Shrinking

Since its peak in 2007, Missouri’s public school enrollment has dropped by about 40,000 students. Analyses of trends in private […]

Blueprint for Missouri

A Blueprint for Missouri in 2025

Download the full 2025 Blueprint here In this episode, Susan Pendergrass, James Shuls, Elias Tsapelas, Aaron Hedlund, David Stokes, Patrick […]

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State and Local Government

Absurd Light Rail Project Marches Onward

Metro is hosting a series of public meetings on its proposed new light rail line in St. Louis. Now called […]

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State and Local Government

Kansas City and St. Louis Road Quality

Our roads are crucial for commerce, safety, and daily life. Yet the state’s extensive road network presents challenges that have […]

Where Did the Report Cards Go?

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is an agency in the executive branch that carries out the […]

Public Schools without Boundaries with Jude Schwalbach

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach, policy analyst at the Reason Foundation, about his report Public Schools Without Boundaries: 2024. […]

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Will the New Commissioner of Education Bring More Accountability to Missouri School Districts?

I guess we have our answer. On November 25, 2024, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released […]

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