In their essay, “Taxing Business in Missouri,” Professors Rik Hafer, Ph.D., and Howard Wall, Ph.D., review the research of the […]
TechNet Companies: Want More Education Funding? Then Pay Your Fair Share.
In a recent opinion column, Linda Moore, the president and CEO of TechNet, a “national, bipartisan network of technology CEOs […]
Teachers’ Opinions of Missouri’s Public School Retirement System
For years, Show-Me Institute analysts have written about reforming teachers’ pensions. Multiple research projects have demonstrated that poorer districts subsidize pensions […]
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has issued a report on the Cost of Tax Incentives and Exemptions. The auditor calls […]
The Broadway Inn is convenient for all the universities in Columbia, and its owner wants to build a $20 million […]
On October 11, National Review Institute Senior Fellow David French was at Washington University in Saint Louis to deliver a […]
As our readers might remember, the Chesterfield Hockey Association (CHA) wants to raise $7 million from the Chesterfield Valley Transportation […]
The deadline for submissions to Amazon to host their new headquarters building has come and gone, and both Kansas City […]
Show-Me Forum: David Steelman Discusses Mizzou Two Years after the 2015 Protests
David Steelman discusses the fate of Missouri’s flagship state university two years after the disruptive protests of 2015.
On October 8, The Kansas City Star editorial board urged readers to vote for a new airport terminal in the […]
Subsidies Are Cleared for Takeoff as Wow Air Comes to Saint Louis
In August, many Saint Louisans (myself included) were excited to hear that Iceland’s budget airline Wow Air will begin operating […]
Beware the Perils of Corporate Welfare: An Open Letter to Jeff Bezos
Amazon is amazing. Just amazing. In just 20 years as a public company, it has experienced a thousand-fold growth in […]
The imaginations of municipal governments across the country have been captured by the prospect of being chosen as the location […]
Patrick Tuohey on KCPT Ruckus discusses the possibility of moving Kansas City Royals to a downtown stadium. Is that a good idea?
Patrick Tuohey on KCPT Ruckus discusses the potential for moving Kauffman Stadium downtown and other local and state issues.
Over the past two posts, I have discussed reservations some parents have expressed about school choice programs. First, I examined […]
School choice is shaking up Minnesota’s public school system. Either by using the open enrollment system or attending a charter […]
Many people who have (and use) the resources to choose their own child’s school nevertheless oppose programs that make school […]
In my last post I discussed how some people support school choice for their children, but do not support private […]
When will St. Louis’s long-delayed and over-budget Loop Trolley open? It’s hard to say, but in the meantime, construction on […]
As the U.S. Congress turns the national conversation toward reforming the tax code, one aspect they are discussing is the […]
