Last week, I spoke to the Columbia Pachyderm Club on how Missouri could fund its state highway system. The talk […]
During an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) lobbying event to push an across-the-board pay increase for […]
Kansas City government is going into the grocery store business near 31st Street and Prospect Avenue on the east side. According to the Kansas […]
Lambert Officials Admit: Market for Cargo “Disappeared” Post-Aerotropolis
Four years ago, the Show-Me Institute came out strongly against plans to spend upwards of a half-billion dollars to turn […]
Bed & breakfasts (B&Bs) have a long history in this country. To many they are associated with comfort and an […]
Mizzou Professor of Spanish Literature Michael Ugarte recently wrote an op-ed published in the Columbia Daily Tribune where he voiced […]
Beware Medicaid Expansion, Even If It Is Billed as Reform
As first appearing in the Columbia Missourian: “Beware the Greeks bearing gifts” is one of the better-known sayings in […]
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller notes that legislation pending in the Missouri state house could fix MoDOT’s short term […]
If you live in Kansas City, you’ve doubtlessly heard breathless paeans to millennials from city leaders and how we must spend […]
This week, the St. Louis Airport Commission approved a plan to lease airport property that once housed the McDonnell-Douglas complex […]
Courts Should Avoid Setting Policy in Columbia Schools
The Columbia Public School District (CPS) and the union representing teachers in the district, the Columbia Missouri National Education Association (CMNEA), […]
It was gratifying to read reports in the Kansas City Star and the Kansas City Business Journal that Southwest Airlines […]
Recently, the Columbia Daily Tribune published our op-ed on how the plan for a small increase in the fuel tax, […]
Is Ballparks of the Ozarks Swinging for the Tax Incentive Fences?
Few would dispute that Missouri is obsessed with baseball. From the Major Leagues to the Negro Leagues, the Show-Me State has […]
With both Normandy and Riverview Gardens Policy Researcher Brittany Wagner and Distinguished Fellow James Shuls, Ph.D., talk about the impact […]
Fears of Private Toll Roads Promote Government Control, Waste
We recently commented on how a bill in the Missouri Legislature, SB 540, would allow MoDOT to lease part of […]
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: How did you get to work this morning? How were the groceries […]
On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate passed HB 769, which protects medical retainer agreements, or “direct care,” from undue regulatory interference from the […]
When I read about the state’s decision to suspend one of its tax incentives to IBM because of low employment […]
Nixa Officials Dream of High-speed Internet, With Taxpayer Dollars
As originally appearing in Springfield Business Journal: Big dreams with other people’s money. That’s how one participant at a conference […]
