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Video: Funding the Missouri Highway System
12 May

Video: Funding the Missouri Highway System

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

Last week, I spoke to the Columbia Pachyderm Club on how Missouri could fund its state highway system. The talk […]

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Even AFSCME Opposes the Stadium “Boondoggle”
12 May

Even AFSCME Opposes the Stadium “Boondoggle”

Posted by John Wright Subsidies, Transparency

During an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) lobbying event to push an across-the-board pay increase for […]

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Kansas City Embarks on New Bad Idea
12 May

Kansas City Embarks on New Bad Idea

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Subsidies

Kansas City government is going into the grocery store business near 31st Street and Prospect Avenue on the east side. According to the Kansas […]

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Lambert Officials Admit: Market for Cargo “Disappeared” Post-Aerotropolis
11 May

Lambert Officials Admit: Market for Cargo “Disappeared” Post-Aerotropolis

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Transportation

Four years ago, the Show-Me Institute came out strongly against plans to spend upwards of a half-billion dollars to turn […]

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Shocking Support for Taxing Bed and Breakfasts
11 May

Shocking Support for Taxing Bed and Breakfasts

Posted by Michael Rathbone Municipal Policy, Taxes

Bed & breakfasts (B&Bs) have a long history in this country. To many they are associated with comfort and an […]

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No, Transparency Benefits the Academy
09 May

No, Transparency Benefits the Academy

Posted by John Wright Transparency

Mizzou Professor of Spanish Literature Michael Ugarte recently wrote an op-ed published in the Columbia Daily Tribune where he voiced […]

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Beware Medicaid Expansion, Even If It Is Billed as Reform
08 May

Beware Medicaid Expansion, Even If It Is Billed as Reform

Posted by Michael Rathbone Free-Market Reform

  As first appearing in the Columbia Missourian: “Beware the Greeks bearing gifts” is one of the better-known sayings in […]

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Show-Me Now! A Solution to MoDOT’s Funding Problems
08 May

Show-Me Now! A Solution to MoDOT’s Funding Problems

Posted by Joseph Miller Taxes

Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller notes that legislation pending in the Missouri state house could fix MoDOT’s short term […]

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Millennials Prefer Suburbs . . . and Cars
08 May

Millennials Prefer Suburbs . . . and Cars

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

If you live in Kansas City, you’ve doubtlessly heard breathless paeans to millennials from city leaders and how we must spend […]

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Investment at Lambert Could Bring Mexico Hub to Saint Louis
08 May

Investment at Lambert Could Bring Mexico Hub to Saint Louis

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

This week, the St. Louis Airport Commission approved a plan to lease airport property that once housed the McDonnell-Douglas complex […]

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Courts Should Avoid Setting Policy in Columbia Schools
08 May

Courts Should Avoid Setting Policy in Columbia Schools

Posted by John Wright Courts, Municipal Policy

The Columbia Public School District (CPS) and the union representing teachers in the district, the Columbia Missouri National Education Association (CMNEA), […]

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Shocker! Airlines Want to Keep Costs Down
07 May

Shocker! Airlines Want to Keep Costs Down

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Transportation

It was gratifying to read reports in the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Business Journal that Southwest Airlines […]

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Commentary: Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy
07 May

Commentary: Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy

Posted by Joseph Miller Taxes, Transportation

Recently, the Columbia Daily Tribune published our op-ed on how the plan for a small increase in the fuel tax, […]

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Is Ballparks of the Ozarks Swinging for the Tax Incentive Fences?
07 May

Is Ballparks of the Ozarks Swinging for the Tax Incentive Fences?

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Subsidies

Few would dispute that Missouri is obsessed with baseball. From the Major Leagues to the Negro Leagues, the Show-Me State has […]

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Podcast 1: Interdistrict Choice
07 May

Podcast 1: Interdistrict Choice

Posted by Brittany Wagner School Choice

With both Normandy and Riverview Gardens Policy Researcher Brittany Wagner and Distinguished Fellow James Shuls, Ph.D., talk about the impact […]

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Fears of Private Toll Roads Promote Government Control, Waste
06 May

Fears of Private Toll Roads Promote Government Control, Waste

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

We recently commented on how a bill in the Missouri Legislature, SB 540, would allow MoDOT to lease part of […]

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Legislature’s Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy
06 May

Legislature’s Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy

Posted by Joseph Miller Taxes

As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: How did you get to work this morning? How were the groceries […]

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Passed: Direct Care Bill Moves On to the Governor
06 May

Passed: Direct Care Bill Moves On to the Governor

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform

On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate passed HB 769, which protects medical retainer agreements, or “direct care,” from undue regulatory interference from the […]

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I “Think” We Have a Problem Here
06 May

I “Think” We Have a Problem Here

Posted by Michael Rathbone Subsidies

When I read about the state’s decision to suspend one of its tax incentives to IBM because of low employment […]

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Nixa Officials Dream of High-speed Internet, With Taxpayer Dollars
05 May

Nixa Officials Dream of High-speed Internet, With Taxpayer Dollars

Posted by Joseph Miller Subsidies

As originally appearing in Springfield Business Journal: Big dreams with other people’s money. That’s how one participant at a conference […]

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