Two years ago, I wrote about a variety of ways Missouri could reform its Medicaid program. From health savings accounts […]
White House Report Is the Same Tired Medicaid Message, but Newly Packaged
Last week the White House released a report titled, “Missed Opportunities: The Consequences of State Decisions Not to Expand Medicaid.” […]
Yesterday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch released an editorial titled, “Republicans continue to peddle the Common Core lie.” A more appropriate […]
Back in the USSR
The Kansas City Star published a piece this weekend that examined the impact on caterers of the proposed convention deal. […]
It’s Groundhog Day for the KC Convention Center
Kansas Citians are being told that if we don’t hurry up and subsidize the construction of a new 800-room convention hotel, […]
The Public Policy Research Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis recently released the report, “An Equity Assessment of the […]
Joplin Superintendent C. J. Huff announced his retirement last month despite his contract expiring in 2018. A sunshine request from the Joplin […]
Missouri Stadium Funding Plan Is Bad Policy, Possibly Illegal
In a quest to build a new riverfront stadium to keep the Rams in Saint Louis, some state and local […]
This week in Kansas City, Missouri’s transportation leaders held a meeting concerning the future of I-70. As we’ve discussed many […]
Mayor Slay of Saint Louis announced that his administration will back a proposal to increase the city’s minimum wage. The […]
KC Convention Hotel Estimates Are Notoriously Wrong
Right now, leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, are eager to build a convention hotel downtown. But there is precious little information available. […]
Minimum Wage Increases Not Effective at Fighting Poverty
Should Kansas City double the minimum wage from $7.50 to $15 an hour? Local politicians all seem to think so. […]
Highway Funding: “When You Start Talking $160 Million, There’s an Incentive to Do Something”
State Senators Bob Onder and Joseph Keaveny discussed the results of the 2015 legislative session at a recent Show-Me Institute Policy […]
Universal health care, universal broadband, universal daycare—attaching the word “universal” to a government service connotes inefficiency, lack of choice, and […]
Missouri Lawmakers Debate, Nevada Lawmakers Innovate
While Missouri lawmakers were vigorously debating whether students in chronically failing schools should be allowed to go to better schools, […]
With Saint Louis County spending $1 million to study possible MetroLink expansion, light rail proponents are out trying to gin […]
During a recent Show-Me Institute Policy Breakfast, Sen. Bob Onder discussed an important reform to tax policy that could dramatically […]
Recently, Saint Louis County announced that it would spend around $1 million to “study” whether the region should commit money […]
Last week, Branson firefighters voted 17-7 in favor of unionizing. After the State Board of Mediation finalizes the results, the […]
As we’ve written many times before, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is facing a serious funding problem. If something […]
