A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Use taxes in Missouri are simply sales taxes […]
The results are in, and the first year of Missouri’s gas tax refund program couldn’t have gone much worse. Recently, […]
I’ve talked a lot about licensing reform in the last decade, especially in the health care space. The reason is […]
Last month I criticized a wide swath of Missouri public universities for requiring woke ideological attestations as a condition of […]
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the start of the second half of the […]
It’s said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. […]
Earlier this year, Show-Me Institute analysts testified on both House Bills 816 and 660, back when they were still separate […]
On March 21, 2023, the Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual event with Senator Jim Talent and Heritage Foundation’s James Jay […]
It may surprise you to know that cities in Missouri depend more on sales taxes and less on property taxes […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Adam Peshek about the universal ESA programs, accountability of how funds are spent, how we can […]
Several years ago, I made an interesting discovery—I had been blocked by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education […]
Kansas City officials have repealed the changes to the earnings tax refund system they made last year. Last year’s changes […]
Public schools serve all students. This idea leads to one of the most common criticisms of school choice programs—that these […]
In Missouri, only a select few are eligible for the VIP status of charter school eligibility. The “bouncer” until recently […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Allison Schrager about inflation, the Federal Reserve’s next move in light of panic in the banking […]
Kansas City and Springfield both have hotel tax proposals on their April ballots. In neither case do they propose raising […]
The Missouri Legislature is currently debating several bills that would create open enrollment for Missouri students. Evaluating open enrollment’s effects […]
It’s mid-March in Missouri and we all know what that means—spring break! The legislature adjourned on Thursday and won’t be […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Dr. Paul Hill about his career in education reform, the current state of school choice, and […]
The results of the Missouri School Improvement Plan (MSIP) 6 have just been released, and they landed with a shrug. […]
