It’s nothing new that Missouri’s state government has a spending problem, but as we head into 2024, there’s fear that […]
For the past several years, the Missouri Secretary of State has partnered with the Hunt Institute to host the Missouri […]
Beyond Reagan and Thatcher: The Future of Supply Side Economics
On November 30, Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall on the future of supply-side economics beyond the legacies of […]
For the past several years, the Missouri Secretary of State has partnered with the Hunt Institute to host the Missouri […]
On December 7, 2023, Brenda Talent joined Mike Ferguson in the Morning on NewsTalkSTL to discuss the 2024 Blueprint: Moving […]
Download the 2024 Blueprint for Missouri here On Wednesday, December 6, 2023, the Show-Me Institute hosted a Virtual Town Hall […]
Well, that Was Fast
Recently, the commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) announced that she would be departing her […]
Looking at the Tape on the Clayton/Brentwood Football Merger
The Missouri high-school football playoffs have me feeling sentimental about the “good ole days” of Friday night lights. While we […]
Jackson County residents voted on adopting a “use” tax last week. Use taxes are simply sales taxes on goods you […]
An interesting vote took place last week in St. Louis County. A large unincorporated area in the southwest part of […]
In the spring 2022 assessments, just 13.4 percent of the students in St. Louis’s traditional public schools scored on grade […]
The hit game Wordle is something I look forward to doing every day. While the prestigious and crowning achievement of […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert VerBruggen about his latest report Making Metros Family-Friendly: Rankings and Suggestions. Read the full report […]
Across the country, people are starting to realize that occupational licensing has gone too far. Slowly but surely, we are […]
Wrong Then, Wrong Now—the Post-Dispatch and School Choice
It will come as no surprise to the readers of the Show-Me Institute blog that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch gets […]
WATCH: Stopping America’s Slide to Socialism with Kevin A. Hassett
On Tuesday, October 24, 2023, Kevin A. Hassett discussed his compelling memoir and analysis, “The Drift: Stopping America’s Slide to […]
The Reason Foundation just released a new report on how (or if) states are letting families choose their public school—a […]
Good Ideas Done Poorly in Jefferson and Perry Counties
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. As systems evolve and become more complex over […]
Energy is a very complicated topic, and policy debates around energy often involve confusing jargon along with terms and concepts […]
I am several weeks late on this, but it is worth stressing how Kansas City and Jackson County have missed […]
