Susan Pendergrass, Elias Tsapelas, and David Stokes join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the start of the 2025 Missouri legislative session. […]
When NGOs Make the Rules: Safeguarding State Sovereignty
State policymakers in Missouri and elsewhere often face the daunting task of crafting complex regulations. Enter nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), ready […]
A recent op-ed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called for substantially increasing the power of urban planners in St. Louis and […]
No, California’s Minimum Wage Hike Did Not Create Jobs
Despite the November 5 vote approving Proposition A (a measure that will raise Missouri’s minimum wage and mandate paid sick […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Bryan C. McCannon, Dean of the School of Business and Economics and Robert S. Eckley Endowed […]
KC’s Corporate Welfare: JE Dunn’s HQ Renovation Gets Public Support
Thomas Friestad of the Kansas City Business Journal writes that JE Dunn Construction has secured public incentives through Port KC […]
Missouri’s Free-Market Policy Guide outlines key areas where targeted, well-researched reforms can make a meaningful difference in the lives of […]
In this post on my series about Medicaid in Missouri, I want to dive deeper into the effects of Medicaid […]
St. Louis, at least relative to other cities, is not facing a housing affordability crisis. In fact, a 2024 study […]
The Cato Institute’s recent report, “Cato Institute Report to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE): How to Downsize and Reform […]
This Is Not a Drill
As you may have read here many times, Missouri’s public school enrollment is shrinking. A big part of the reason […]
Tom Pendergast (and to a lesser extent his brother, James) cast a huge shadow over Missouri government and politics, both […]
The white whale of government privatization in Missouri is Springfield’s City Utilities, a municipal utility behemoth that should be broken […]
One of the few things healthcare providers almost unanimously agree on is the importance of annual checkups. Among other benefits, […]
As the new year approaches and a new presidential administration prepares to take office, we may see significant changes in […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Virginia (Ginny) Gentles, director of the Education Freedom and Parental Rights Initiative at the Defense of […]
State lawmakers in Missouri are considering a $102 million tax credit program to convert empty downtown St. Louis office buildings, […]
James Shuls, David Stokes, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss what the latest test scores reveal about Missouri […]
Missouri’s continuous decline in public school enrollment and the drying up of federal COVID funds have left school districts across […]
