How is public education financed in Missouri? How much of a district revenues are generated locally, and how much money […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with AEI’s Andrew G. Biggs about what can be done to address the looming crisis of the […]
Most St. Louisans I know are die-hard fans of the city they call home. Maybe it’s because we are blessed […]
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Susan Pendergrass speaks with Andy Smarick, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about how the 2022 campaign and election cycle […]
In 2013, Missouri ended its film tax credit program. Now there’s legislation moving in Jefferson City to revive the failed […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When Missouri voters approved the ballot initiative legalizing marijuana […]
Imagine that your taxable income on your annual income tax return wasn’t how much you earned last year, but the […]
This year, the Missouri Secretary of State has already received 24 initiative petitions to raise the state’s minimum wage. If […]
Colleges and universities have been implementing diversity initiatives for many years now. I’ve commented on the massive problems inherent in […]
Over the past few years, the Clean Slate Initiative has picked up steam in state capitols around the country. What […]
Susan Pendergrass, Elias Tsapelas, and David Stokes join Zach Lawhorn to discuss film and entertainment tax credits, Susan’s break down […]
I recently finished reading Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton. The book is Chesterton’s autobiographical account of arriving at belief in the […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Aaron Smith about how other states fund open enrollment programs in their public school systems and […]
In a significant first step to becoming law, the Missouri Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) 4 on Tuesday. The bill […]
In 2010, the very large Polsinelli Law Firm received millions in tax incentives to help it “decide” to keep its […]
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently released demographic and faculty data for 2022. Given the current headlines […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s […]
To paraphrase General Douglas MacArthur, bad public policy ideas never die, they just get reintroduced in the next legislative session. […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Chad Aldeman about school funding, teacher pay, pension systems and more. Chad Aldeman is the Policy […]
