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Obamacare Expanders’ Emergency Room Claims: Still False
05 May

Obamacare Expanders’ Emergency Room Claims: Still False

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform

Supporters of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion have claimed for many years that implementing Obamacare would reduce emergency room visits. […]

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Surprising No One, Big Government Union Wants State to Spend More
05 May

Surprising No One, Big Government Union Wants State to Spend More

Posted by John Wright Transparency

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 72 (AFSCME), a big government union representing various health, service, […]

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Show-Me Now! Outrageous: Your Money, Their Choice?
04 May

Show-Me Now! Outrageous: Your Money, Their Choice?

Posted by Joseph Miller Subsidies

Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Joseph Miller explains that the Regional Sports Authority (RSA) is using taxpayer money to sue the […]

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Fuel Tax Increase, P3 Bill on Verge of Passing Senate
04 May

Fuel Tax Increase, P3 Bill on Verge of Passing Senate

Posted by Joseph Miller Taxes, Transportation

Last Thursday, SB 540, a bill languishing on the Missouri Senate floor that would increase the state fuel tax two […]

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Video: Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools
04 May

Video: Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

  In June of 2013, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld a state law that allowed students in unaccredited school districts […]

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Fast Facts
04 May

Updated Reports: Missouri Fast Facts 2015

Posted by Michael Rathbone Budget and Spending, Property Rights, Public Pensions, Taxes, Transportation

The Show-Me Institute is proud to present Missouri Fast Facts for 2015. These Fast Facts booklets cover a variety of topics and […]

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Promise Zone Just the Latest of Many Development Zones for Saint Louis
30 Apr

Promise Zone Just the Latest of Many Development Zones for Saint Louis

Posted by Joseph Miller Municipal Policy, Subsidies

This week, the Obama Administration announced that parts of Saint Louis City and North Saint Louis County would become the latest […]

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Some Good Economic News (Well, at Least About Cost of Living)
30 Apr

Some Good Economic News (Well, at Least About Cost of Living)

Posted by Rik W. Hafer Transparency

Economic data released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) last April continued to show that income in Missouri just […]

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Paper Release-Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools: Burden or Boon?
29 Apr

Paper Release-Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools: Burden or Boon?

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

Today, the Show-Me Institute is releasing my latest paper, “Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools: Burden or Boon?” The […]

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Missourians Take to the Skies With Increasing Numbers
28 Apr

Missourians Take to the Skies With Increasing Numbers

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

In 2014, total airline passengers grew at Missouri’s largest airports by just over 1 percent, reversing the losses over the past […]

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Show-Me Forum: Government Unions: Restoring Accountability
28 Apr

Show-Me Forum: Government Unions: Restoring Accountability

Posted by John Wright Courts, Government Unions

In 2007, the Missouri Supreme Court threw out 60 years of precedent when it decided that the constitution creates collective […]

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More Progress on Ridesharing in Kansas City
27 Apr

More Progress on Ridesharing in Kansas City

Posted by Joseph Miller Regulation, Transportation

In the last year, Kansas City has been slowly but surely opening up to ridesharing companies. The city government’s initial […]

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Power Play: State to Give Special Electricity Deal to Favorite Business
27 Apr

Power Play: State to Give Special Electricity Deal to Favorite Business

Posted by Michael Rathbone Energy, Municipal Policy, Subsidies

Have you ever taken a look at something and thought to yourself, “Wait a minute, I don’t think you’re using […]

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Traffic Fine Law on the Verge of Passing
25 Apr

Traffic Fine Law on the Verge of Passing

Posted by Joseph Miller Municipal Policy, Transportation

On April 22, SB 5, which greatly strengthens a law that limits how much revenue a city can raise via […]

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Missouri Bureaucracy Seeks to Tie Yoga in Regulatory Knots
24 Apr

Missouri Bureaucracy Seeks to Tie Yoga in Regulatory Knots

Posted by John Wright Regulation

The Missouri Department of Higher Education is seeking to regulate yoga teacher training programs (YTTs) as “vocational schools” under its […]

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Of Stadiums and Economic Spillovers
24 Apr

Of Stadiums and Economic Spillovers

Posted by Joseph Miller Municipal Policy, Subsidies

Recently, we wrote a letter to the Post-Dispatch that criticized the idea that new tax revenue from a riverfront stadium […]

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Show-Me Now! Raising the Minimum Wage Costs Jobs
24 Apr

Show-Me Now! Raising the Minimum Wage Costs Jobs

Posted by Jessica Stearns Business Climate, Regulation

  Show-Me Institute intern Jessica Stearns talks about the recent “Show-Me $15” campaign for a higher state-wide minimum wage. She […]

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Health Care Bills On the Move from the House to the Senate
23 Apr

Health Care Bills On the Move from the House to the Senate

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform

We’re approaching the end of the session, and it’s worth highlighting a few health care-related bills that are winding through the […]

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Tolling Coming to I-70?
23 Apr

Tolling Coming to I-70?

Posted by Joseph Miller Transportation

With the prospect of a fuel tax increase looking more and more remote in the Missouri Legislature, policymakers are once […]

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A Choice for Timothy
23 Apr

A Choice for Timothy

Posted by Brittany Wagner School Choice

Timothy Farr wasn’t born deaf. As a baby, he contracted meningitis, and soon after he lost the ability to hear. […]

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