Susan Pendergrass speaks with AEI’s Nat Malkus about the problem of chronic absenteeism in America’s schools following the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
With loyalty like this, who needs wins? After flirting for a new stadium with suitors like Clay County and even […]
The College Board’s Advanced Placement (AP) program teaches college-level coursework to high school students and then tests their knowledge with […]
Why is health care so expensive? In part, it’s because patients rarely have the opportunity to shop for a better […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Michael Hartney about his new latest report, Students or Salaries? How Unions Choose School Board Candidates. […]
Happy New Year! After a lackluster 2023 legislative session, hope springs eternal for 2024 as the Missouri Legislature returns to […]
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Patrick Ishmael join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the start of the 2024 Missouri legislative session. […]
RSMo §143.011(4)(1) represents the essence of Missouri’s income tax reduction trigger law. Passed in 2022, the law reduces the state’s […]
The Missouri State Auditor’s Office plays a crucial role in promoting transparency and accountability in government. Although the Auditor arguably […]
Interstate licensing reciprocity in healthcare is an issue near and dear to my heart. Starting with the implementation of the […]
Certificate of need (CON) laws have been a subject of debate since their inception in the United States half a […]
Longtime readers are familiar with the wide array of transparency projects that the Show-Me Institute has undertaken over the last […]
We have long said that if the government can take your money, it needs to account for it, and whether […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Courier-Tribune. In an attempt to increase the supply of affordable housing in […]
Municipal annexations have been back in the news. An unincorporated area near Manchester (in St. Louis County) overwhelmingly rejected that […]
A version of the following letter appeared in the Oakville Call. There has been much discussion in this newspaper and […]
The simplest thing Missouri can do to improve the decision-making process for tax increment financing (TIF) is move the responsibility […]
K-12 enrollment in Missouri’s public school system has been falling for more than a decade. Today, Missouri has about 30,000 […]
I’ve been working up the strength to write about Missouri’s absolute thrashing of Tennessee a month ago. My colleague, Elias […]
Between now and the start of the legislative session, all of my blog entries, social media posts, radio interviews, holiday […]
