The National Center for Education Statistics recently released the latest assessment scores for all 50 states. Missouri ranks in the […]
Keeping the Rams – Lessons from a Nursery Song
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full. In reading reports of Tuesday’s NFL […]
Transportation Funding: I-44, Tolling and the Road to Tomorrow
MoDOT interim director Roberta Broeker and Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller discuss transportation funding in Missouri and the need […]
This is my final post for the Show-Me Institute, and it has been a great four years. I am proud […]
For four years I was an elementary school teacher in southwest Missouri. Not to toot my own horn, but I […]
Ohio’s Medicaid Explosion Under Obamacare Is a Warning for Missouri
Instead of getting a handle on the cost of care and working to maximize access to medical professionals, the Affordable Care […]
Recently, the Post-Dispatch reported on area residents who want to direct more MoDOT funding to urban areas. Specifically, a League […]
I’ve spilled a lot of electronic ink over the minimum wage. It’s a bad policy that, though well intentioned, would […]
If you’ve been following our work, you know that once a government union comes to power, it can stay in […]
By almost every academic outcome measure, Missouri’s educational system ranks in the middle of all the states. This shouldn’t shock […]
The Great Race: Taxi v. Uber v. Metro Link
With UberX finally available in Saint Louis, Show-Me Institute staff decided to hold a race to see how the service […]
An organization named “America’s Watershed” recently released a report card on the country’s inland waterway systems, three of which are […]
Show-Me Institute Presents: Comparing Income Tax Liability Across States: Where Does Missouri Rank?
There has been a lot of back and forth regarding whether Missouri is a low-tax state. The truth depends on […]
The Risks to the City of the Convention Hotel Gamble
At the City Council's recent business session on the proposed convention hotel, proponents kept repeating that there was no risk to the […]
325 System Dead
Last week, we questioned the future of MoDOT’s “325 System,” or how the department would have prioritized spending in the […]
SMI’s newest study shows how government union elections don’t have to cost taxpayers an arm and a leg. In Missouri, […]
Riverfront Stadium Unlikely to Increase Construction Jobs in Saint Louis
This week, members of the Saint Louis City Board of Alderman announced that they support a public vote on the […]
Taxpayers Shouldn’t Have to Subsidize Parking in Upscale Central West End Redevelopment
Last week the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Commission voted to approve Koman Group’s $4.5 million TIF proposal for 32 N. […]
In July, we wrote about how higher-than-expected revenues for the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) meant the state would be […]
As readers of this blog may remember, a couple of months ago we made an official sunshine request to the […]
