MoDOT’s funding future is certainly looking brighter these days. The department’s user-funding base is, at long last, providing more revenue. […]
Regional Leaders Should Keep Their Word over Stadium Plan
It’s official. The Rams are leaving Saint Louis. Residents might have disagreed over whether to spend public money on a […]
There’s no other way to put it: Missouri schools simply aren’t giving African-American students a chance. This was made […]
Tensions are still simmering following this fall’s student (and faculty) protests at the University of Missouri. Without venturing into the […]
Open Boundaries Would Allow More Students to Receive “Tough Love” at North Side
Students in St. Louis have more options today than ever before. From magnet schools to charter schools, students can choose […]
On Rams Relocation, Saint Louis Media Is as Fickle as Stan Kroenke
We recently discussed how the Rams, and by extension the Rams’ owner Stan Kroenke, just slammed the Saint Louis metropolitan […]
As another New Years’ Eve has come and gone, more writers in Saint Louis and across the nation have spilled […]
Deflate-gate in Saint Louis: Air goes out of a plan for a new subsidized football stadium
In stimulating tourism, trade, and economic growth, the Roman Coliseum may be the world’s only sports stadium that has repaid […]
Are teachers overpaid or underpaid? It’s as old a debate in education as whether Han Solo shot first is for […]
2015 was, at first blush, a good year for Lambert Saint Louis International Airport (STL). Passenger levels are up, the […]
University of California–San Diego economist Jeffrey Clemens’s recently published analysis once again indicates that raising the minimum wage has detrimental effects […]
Streetcars and the Error of Confusing Correlation vs Causation
On January 20, I will participate in a panel discussion of the Kansas City streetcar sponsored by the American Public […]
New Study Shows Negative Effect for Vouchers. We’ve Got Some Explaining To Do.
After an unbroken streak of gold-standard, random assignment studies finding either positive or neutral results for school voucher programs, a […]
On December 8, the Saint Louis County Council voted to bail out the Loop Trolley, a 2.2-mile vintage streetcar line […]
Rebecca Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case Could Expand Workers Rights in Missouri
Next week the nation’s highest court will hear oral arguments in a case that will decide the constitutional rights of […]
The Unfortunate Truths Behind Rams’ Relocation Statement
The Rams' statement on why they want to move to L.A. is self-serving, capped off with an incredibly cheesy quote from […]
Here’s How Missouri’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Would Work
A proposed law could expand educational opportunities for students with disabilities in Missouri by allowing families greater flexibility in how […]
Comparing Teacher Pay by State Offers Heat, but Little Light
I’m going to tell you something you already know: Teacher salaries are higher in Saint Louis and Kansas City than […]
On September 30, Show-Me Institute CEO Brenda Talent was interviewed on Saint Louis Public Radio’s Politically Speaking. Brenda discussed a […]
After an acrimonious showdown with ridesharing company Uber in the middle of last year, the the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC) […]
