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Taxicab Commission Gets New Year Rolling with Reform
04 Jan

Taxicab Commission Gets New Year Rolling with Reform

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

After an acrimonious showdown with ridesharing company Uber in the middle of last year, the the Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC) […]

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Unemployment office sign
02 Jan

Does It Matter What a Lost Job Would Have Paid?

Posted by John Wright Business Climate

In a recent Wall Street Journal editorial, economist David Neumark challenges some of the myths about the minimum wage. From […]

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New Bill Would Raise Missouri Fuel Tax, Cut Highway Miles
23 Dec

New Bill Would Raise Missouri Fuel Tax, Cut Highway Miles

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Recently, we discussed a couple of pre-filed bills that would raise the fuel tax in Missouri to avert a funding […]

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Metro Ridership Trending Down in 2015
22 Dec

Metro Ridership Trending Down in 2015

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Earlier this year, we talked about how, contrary to the hopes of many Saint Louis regional planners, there is no […]

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Missouri Legislature Takes Up New Roosevelt Laws
22 Dec

Missouri Legislature Takes Up New Roosevelt Laws

Posted by John Wright Government Unions

Lawmakers are teaming up to address the growing problem of unaccountable government unions. This month Senator Bob Onder and Rep. […]

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Gregg Keller
21 Dec

Gregg Keller Joins Show-Me Institute’s Board

Posted by Rick Edlund Uncategorized

We are pleased to announce that Gregg Keller is now a member of the Show-Me Institute’s Board of Directors. Gregg […]

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Graph of charter/private school enrollment, 1890-present
17 Dec

Private School Pioneers in Kansas City and St. Louis?

Posted by Michael Q. McShane School Choice

The past 40 years have seen a well-documented decline in Catholic school enrollment across the country. But what many people […]

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Riverfront Stadium Costs Change, Backers Push Ahead
16 Dec

Riverfront Stadium Costs Change, Backers Push Ahead

Posted by Joseph Miller Budget and Spending, Subsidies

We’ve covered the proposal to spend some $400 million in public dollars on a new stadium for Rams extensively on […]

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New Terminal Plans on the Table in Kansas City
16 Dec

New Terminal Plans on the Table in Kansas City

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Last week, the Kansas City Aviation Department updated the City Council on its efforts to overhaul Kansas City International Airport […]

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Business Journal cover
14 Dec

Show-Me Institute’s Griesemer One of “12 to Know in 2016”

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized

Show-Me Institute Board Member Louis Griesemer was named one of "12 People You Need to Know in 2016" by the Springfield […]

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It Truly Is a Wonderful Life
12 Dec

It Truly Is a Wonderful Life

Posted by James V. Shuls Education

As a child, I never understood the appeal of the old black-and-white film It’s a Wonderful Life. My mother would […]

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The End of the Road for Scenic Missouri?
12 Dec

The End of the Road for Scenic Missouri?

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Missouri has some breathtaking scenery. Whether it’s the Gateway Arch or the Missouri River Bluffs or the cotton farms in […]

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Higher Property Taxes: The Cost of Doing Business?
11 Dec

Higher Property Taxes: The Cost of Doing Business?

Posted by Nathan Coursey Budget and Spending

Taxes are, unfortunately, a necessary evil. But when we have to pay them, we should at least expect that they […]

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Support the Show-Me Institute 2015
09 Dec

Show-Me Now! Donate to Support Liberty in Missouri

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

As you plan your charitable donations this holiday season, please consider making a donation to the Show-Me Institute to support […]

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Open-Source Alternatives May Disrupt Billion-Dollar Textbook Industry
08 Dec

Open-Source Alternatives May Disrupt Billion-Dollar Textbook Industry

Posted by Brittany Wagner Accountability

Affton School District in St. Louis will take part in the U.S. Department of Education’s #GoOpen campaign, a new federal […]

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Universal Pre-K May Destroy the Preschool Marketplace
08 Dec

Universal Pre-K May Destroy the Preschool Marketplace

Posted by Brittany Wagner School Choice

In the 1950s, economist Milton Friedman proposed the use of educational vouchers in public education. Under a voucher program, parents […]

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The New Education Philanthropy
07 Dec

The New Education Philanthropy

Posted by Michael Q. McShane Accountability

Last week, Harvard Education Press released The New Education Philanthropy, to which I was happy to contribute a chapter (along […]

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Fuel Taxes Back on the Table in 2016
04 Dec

Fuel Taxes Back on the Table in 2016

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

The tumultuous finale of the Missouri legislature’s 2015 session meant that a fair number of policy conundrums were left unresolved, […]

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The Student Debt Paradox
03 Dec

The Student Debt Paradox

Posted by Michael Q. McShane Business Climate

A couple of weeks ago, my colleague Brittany Wagner had some fun with a spokeswoman for the Million Student March […]

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No Child Left Behind Has One Foot in the Grave
03 Dec

No Child Left Behind Has One Foot in the Grave

Posted by Michael Q. McShane Accountability

After the pigs got clearing for takeoff and the weather reports from Hell came back with a temperature below 32 […]

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