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 […]
Mehlville School District Reaps Windfall at Public Expense
A version of the following letter appeared in the Oakville Call. There has been much discussion in this newspaper and […]
TIF Decisions Should Be Made at the County, Not City, Level
The simplest thing Missouri can do to improve the decision-making process for tax increment financing (TIF) is move the responsibility […]
Missouri Public-School Enrollment Continues to Fall
K-12 enrollment in Missouri’s public school system has been falling for more than a decade. Today, Missouri has about 30,000 […]
What Can Missouri and Tennessee Learn from Each Other?
I’ve been working up the strength to write about Missouri’s absolute thrashing of Tennessee a month ago. My colleague, Elias […]
One Way to Actually Do Something about Kansas City Property Taxes
Between now and the start of the legislative session, all of my blog entries, social media posts, radio interviews, holiday […]
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 […]
