The National Center for Education Statistics recently released the latest assessment scores for all 50 states. Missouri ranks in the […]
Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool?Yes, sir, yes sir, three bags full. In reading reports of Tuesday’s NFL […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
There has been a lot of back and forth regarding whether Missouri is a low-tax state. The truth depends on […]
At the City Council's recent business session on the proposed convention hotel, proponents kept repeating that there was no risk to the […]
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, […]
This week, members of the Saint Louis City Board of Alderman announced that they support a public vote on the […]
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 […]
