Show-Me Institute scholars have been writing about the perilous position of public pension systems for years. In a 2013 policy […]
Ouch–Missouri Individual Health Insurance Premiums To Rise by Double Digits in 2018
Over the Labor Day holiday, the state released next year’s Obamacare health insurance rates for Missourians in the individual market, […]
It’s time to put to bed a nasty myth about school choice (exemplified in this letter from American Federation of […]
A recent Washington Post article making the rounds on social media claims that there are widespread teacher shortages across the […]
Students at the Success Academy Charter Schools in New York City put up some incredible test scores this past year: […]
On Wednesday President Donald Trump visited Springfield, Mo., and delivered a speech on tax policy that, by most accounts, was […]
Evidence from Across the Country: Economic Development Subsidies Don’t Work
The Los Angeles Times’ Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Michael Hiltzik published a piece that observes exactly what we at The […]
Few would have guessed that Illinois would see private school choice before Missouri, but it might happen—and soon. Illinois may […]
Polling indicates that building a new single terminal at Kansas City International Airport is unpopular, yet we seem inundated with […]
It’s August 28th, and for policy nerds — and especially taxpayers — this is an important day. Today is the […]
Airport Proposals Fly while the Public Feels Grounded
Both Kansas City and Saint Louis are considering major changes to each of their biggest public assets: their airports. While […]
It’s a Good Idea for Mizzou to Cover Tuition for Low-Income Students, but the Reason May Surprise You
Earlier this week, the University of Missouri announced that it has created the Missouri Land Grant and Land Grant Honors […]
On August 24, Show-Me Institute CEO Brenda Talent appeared on Saint Louis Public Television’s Donnybrook to discuss the use of incentives […]
Is Missouri’s teacher pension system unfair? That’s the question Show-Me Institute’s Distinguished Fellow of Education Policy, James Shuls, asks in […]
Earlier this year, the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen narrowly approved the issuance of roughly $65 million in bonds to […]
On Monday, much of Missouri experienced a complete solar eclipse, the last of its kind in the state until 2024, […]
Show-Me Now! Not Cool Chesterfield: Sales Tax Dollars For Private Ice Rink
The Chesterfield Hockey Association wants a new $22.6 million hockey facility. The only catch? Taxpayers would have to cough up $7 […]
The Utopian Apocalypse: Silicon Valley Freaks Out over Automation
With Labor Day just around the corner, now is a good time to discuss (and, more than that, to take […]
Summer fading into fall and children heading back to school . . . it can mean only one thing: Football […]
Last Tuesday, Kansas Citians voted to effectively block future growth of the city’s streetcar unless and until city leaders can […]
