Are you a fan of director George Romero's Living Dead work? Then let me pitch you a movie. The scene: […]
Without looking up the Show-Me Institute’s new paper on reforming rural schools, would you know off the top of your […]
On April 24, the Show-Me Institute's John Wright appeared on Missouri Viewpoints to discuss ideas for reforming government unions. Watch […]
In the State of the City speech in late March, Mayor Sly James outlined his vision for an innovation economy […]
Saint Louis Public School district (SLPS) made news this week when it announced that it was suing the Missouri Board […]
After first announcing that Kansas City’s Aviation Department Director Mark VanLoh was being “replaced,” The Kansas City Star reissued their […]
On Thursday, April 21, the Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey appeared on Kansas City Public Television’s Ruckus to discuss plans for […]
A troubled Mizzou faces another challenge this week; a group of graduate students voted to unionize all of the grad […]
Some Missouri lawmakers are considering legislation to regulate lawsuit funding companies on the promise of consumer protection or even tort […]
In 1787, our Founding Fathers gave us an incredible document. But now, 228 years later, more and more Americans feel […]
Saint Louis officials constantly tout the growth of tech companies in the metropolitan area and the city specifically. Whether it’s […]
School Spending Inequalities Are Not Just Caused by Property Wealth
As a professor who teaches courses on school finance, I regularly hear students say that inequalities in school spending come […]
State Senate Votes to Reward A Smaller Mizzou With Millions of Extra Dollars
Despite months of unrest and national embarrassment at the University of Missouri-Columbia, it seems the folks in the Missouri Senate […]
The results are (finally) in. After over a week of vote counting—all of the candidates were write-ins because no candidate […]
My colleague Joe Miller recently published his paper on funding the Missouri Department of Transportation. In it, he refers to […]
In January, Kansas City Mayor Sly James testified before the Missouri legislature, saying, It’s a bleak future without the Kansas […]
Rural school districts share many of the challenges that face urban and suburban districts: recruiting good teachers, offering a broad […]
The Great Urban School District That Wasn’t, but May Be Soon
What if I told you that you could have access to nearly unlimited resources, the counsel of top experts, and […]
Minimum wage laws price-low skilled workers out of the workforce. They hurt many of the people they’re intended to help. […]
With Kansas City considering new terminal plans for Kansas City International Airport (MCI), it’s a good time to revisit some […]
