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Are Work Requirements and Premiums On the Horizon for Medicaid’s Able-Bodied?
10 Jun

Are Work Requirements and Premiums On the Horizon for Medicaid’s Able-Bodied?

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform

Two years ago, I wrote about a variety of ways Missouri could reform its Medicaid program. From health savings accounts […]

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White House Report Is the Same Tired Medicaid Message, but Newly Packaged
09 Jun

White House Report Is the Same Tired Medicaid Message, but Newly Packaged

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform

Last week the White House released a report titled, “Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid.” […]

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Is Democracy Too Messy for the Post-Dispatch Editorial Board?
09 Jun

Is Democracy Too Messy for the Post-Dispatch Editorial Board?

Posted by James V. Shuls Education

Yesterday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch released an editorial titled, “Republicans continue to peddle the Common Core lie.” A more appropriate […]

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Back in the USSR
09 Jun

Back in the USSR

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

The Kansas City Star published a piece this weekend that examined the impact on caterers of the proposed convention deal. […]

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It’s Groundhog Day for the KC Convention Center
08 Jun

It’s Groundhog Day for the KC Convention Center

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Kansas Citians are being told that if we don’t hurry up and subsidize the construction of a new 800-room convention hotel, […]

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Bad Data In, Bad Policy Out
08 Jun

Bad Data In, Bad Policy Out

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Accountability, Municipal Policy

The Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis recently released the report, “An Equity Assessment of the […]

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Golden Parachutes for Bureaucrats
06 Jun

Golden Parachutes for Bureaucrats

Posted by Brittany Wagner Education, Transparency

Joplin Superintendent C. J. Huff announced his retirement last month despite his contract expiring in 2018. A sunshine request from the Joplin […]

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Missouri Stadium Funding Plan Is Bad Policy, Possibly Illegal
05 Jun

Missouri Stadium Funding Plan Is Bad Policy, Possibly Illegal

Posted by Joseph Miller Municipal Policy, Transparency

In a quest to build a new riverfront stadium to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, some state and local […]

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The Future of I-70: “Not a Plan, But a Big Idea”
05 Jun

The Future of I-70: “Not a Plan, But a Big Idea”

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

This week in Kansas City, Missouri’s transportation leaders held a meeting concerning the future of I-70. As we’ve discussed many […]

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Another Go at Raising the Minimum Wage?
05 Jun

Another Go at Raising the Minimum Wage?

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Business Climate

Mayor Slay of Saint Louis announced that his administration will back a proposal to increase the city’s minimum wage. The […]

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KC Convention Hotel Estimates Are Notoriously Wrong
04 Jun

KC Convention Hotel Estimates Are Notoriously Wrong

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Right now, leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, are eager to build a convention hotel downtown. But there is precious little information available. […]

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Minimum Wage Increases Not Effective at Fighting Poverty
04 Jun

Minimum Wage Increases Not Effective at Fighting Poverty

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Economy, Minimum Wage

Should Kansas City double the minimum wage from $7.50 to $15 an hour? Local politicians all seem to think so. […]

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Highway Funding: “When You Start Talking $160 Million, There’s an Incentive to Do Something”
04 Jun

Highway Funding: “When You Start Talking $160 Million, There’s an Incentive to Do Something”

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

State Senators Bob Onder and Joseph Keaveny discussed the results of the 2015 legislative session at a recent Show-Me Institute Policy […]

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The Best School Choice Program in America
04 Jun

The Best School Choice Program in America

Posted by Brittany Wagner Education, School Choice

Universal health care, universal broadband, universal daycare—attaching the word “universal” to a government service connotes inefficiency, lack of choice, and […]

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Missouri Lawmakers Debate, Nevada Lawmakers Innovate
03 Jun

Missouri Lawmakers Debate, Nevada Lawmakers Innovate

Posted by James V. Shuls Education, School Choice

While Missouri lawmakers were vigorously debating whether students in chronically failing schools should be allowed to go to better schools, […]

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Light Rail Light on Riders in Saint Louis
03 Jun

Light Rail Light on Riders in Saint Louis

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

With Saint Louis County spending $1 million to study possible MetroLink expansion, light rail proponents are out trying to gin […]

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Tax Credits or Corporate Taxes?
03 Jun

Tax Credits or Corporate Taxes?

Posted by Michael Rathbone Taxes

During a recent Show-Me Institute Policy Breakfast, Sen. Bob Onder discussed an important reform to tax policy that could dramatically […]

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Saint Louis to Spend $1 Million on MetroLink Expansion Study
02 Jun

Saint Louis to Spend $1 Million on MetroLink Expansion Study

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Recently, Saint Louis County announced that it would spend around $1 million to “study” whether the region should commit money […]

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Branson Firefighters Unionize
02 Jun

Branson Firefighters Unionize

Posted by John Wright Municipal Policy, Transparency

Last week, Branson firefighters voted 17-7 in favor of unionizing. After the State Board of Mediation finalizes the results, the […]

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Missouri’s Bridges: Are They Falling Apart?
01 Jun

Missouri’s Bridges: Are They Falling Apart?

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

As we’ve written many times before, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is facing a serious funding problem. If something […]

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