President-Elect Trump has repeatedly stated his desire to close the U.S. Department of Education and return education back to the […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Dr. Collin Hitt, Executive Director of the SLU PRiME Center and co-author of the paper “Taking […]
When I hear the term driver’s license, I either think of Olivia Rodrigo’s breakout song or the prospect of waiting […]
We often talk about growing Missouri in abstract ways. We want to grow the economy, grow the tax base, grow […]
Traffic fatalities in both Kansas City and St. Louis have seen significant increases, drawing concern from local leaders and community […]
St. Louis is taking steps to roll back the bureaucratic barriers that have long stifled economic growth. With the introduction […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Martin F. Lueken, director of the Fiscal Research and Education Center at EdChoice, about the findings […]
On November 5, Kirkwood residents will vote on Proposition T, which, if passed, will create a citywide transportation development district […]
On November 5, residents of the City of St. Louis will have the opportunity to vote on a new tax […]
I’m reminded of the Talking Heads song Once in a Lifetime when reading about yet another scheme to subsidize more […]
You are not alone if you are unaware that there was a law on the books in the City of […]
Unless Steve McQueen is coming to work as a cop for the City of St. Louis—or using film tax credits […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Charles M. Silver, professor at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, and David […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield Business Journal. Several years ago, my colleagues and I were debating […]
The state of Missouri provides almost half of the funding for public education (the rest comes from the federal government […]
In addition to the nearly $3 billion in federal relief funding that Missouri received to try to right the public […]
Missouri’s government spending is out of control, and a new report from the Cato Institute, a free-market think in Washington, […]
In a $10 billion budget request that goes on for almost 950 pages, it might be easy to overlook a […]
The Progressive Policy Institute (PPI) recently released a report confirming what free-market advocates like Milton Friedman and many of us […]
On October 22, the Show-Me Institute released the following recommendations for bringing Missouri government spending under control. Download the […]
