• Publications and Model Policy
    • Blueprint for Missouri
    • Model Policy
    • Report
      • Case Study
      • Policy Study
      • Essay
    • The Missouri School Rankings Project
    • Testimony
    • Newsletter
  • Blog
    • Daily Blog
    • Podcasts and Radio
    • Video
    • Infographics
    • Commentary / Op-Eds
    • Events
  • Events
  • Donate
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Fellows and Scholars
    • Authors
    • Jobs
  • Contact
  • Explore Topics
    • Education
      • Accountability
      • Education Finance
      • Performance
      • School Choice
      • The Missouri School Rankings Project
    • Health Care
      • Free-Market Reform
      • Medicaid
    • Corporate Welfare
      • Special Taxing Districts
      • Subsidies
      • Tax Credits
    • Labor
      • Government Unions
      • Public Pensions
    • State and Local Government
      • Budget and Spending
      • Courts
      • Criminal Justice
      • Municipal Policy
      • Property Rights
      • Transparency
      • Transportation
    • Economy
      • Business Climate
      • Energy
      • Minimum Wage
      • Privatization
      • Regulation
      • Taxes
      • Welfare
      • Workforce
Show-Me InstituteShow-Me Institute
Show-Me InstituteShow-Me Institute
Support the Show-Me Institute
  • Publications and Model Policy
    • Blueprint for Missouri
    • Model Policy
    • Report
      • Case Study
      • Policy Study
      • Essay
    • The Missouri School Rankings Project
    • Testimony
    • Newsletter
  • Blog
    • Daily Blog
    • Podcasts and Radio
    • Video
    • Infographics
    • Commentary / Op-Eds
    • Events
  • Events
  • Donate
  • About
    • Our Team
    • Board of Directors
    • Fellows and Scholars
    • Authors
    • Jobs
  • Contact
  • Explore Topics
    • Education
      • Accountability
      • Education Finance
      • Performance
      • School Choice
      • The Missouri School Rankings Project
    • Health Care
      • Free-Market Reform
      • Medicaid
    • Corporate Welfare
      • Special Taxing Districts
      • Subsidies
      • Tax Credits
    • Labor
      • Government Unions
      • Public Pensions
    • State and Local Government
      • Budget and Spending
      • Courts
      • Criminal Justice
      • Municipal Policy
      • Property Rights
      • Transparency
      • Transportation
    • Economy
      • Business Climate
      • Energy
      • Minimum Wage
      • Privatization
      • Regulation
      • Taxes
      • Welfare
      • Workforce
×

Terrific Quote From Mayor Funkhouser
28 Mar

Terrific Quote From Mayor Funkhouser

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Transparency

The funky mayor of Kansas City appears to understand that political patronage and city hall featherbedding are the ways of […]

Read More
Saint Charles County Grows Without TIFs
28 Mar

Saint Charles County Grows Without TIFs

Posted by David Stokes Subsidies

Local governments throughout Missouri continue their neverending quest to lure favored businesses and keep the chosen ones they already have […]

Read More
Scarlet-Letter License Plates
27 Mar

Scarlet-Letter License Plates

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

I’m all for preventing drunken driving, but I don’t think scarlet-letter license plates are going to solve the problem. Here […]

Read More
Repealing a Constitutional Evil
27 Mar

Repealing a Constitutional Evil

Posted by Dave Roland Education

Voters in the state of Florida will have the opportunity to eliminate a provision of their constitution that (according to […]

Read More
Post-Dispatch Up and Gets Free-Market on Us …
27 Mar

Post-Dispatch Up and Gets Free-Market on Us …

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board is certainly capable of surprises, and this morning’s editorial about Amtrak is one such […]

Read More
’47 Cheval Blanc … to Your Doorstep!
27 Mar

’47 Cheval Blanc … to Your Doorstep!

Posted by Nicholas Loyal Regulation

Amazon.com, the world’s largest Internet retailer, recently announced its intention to sell wine through its online marketplace, a venture that […]

Read More
Kansas City Considers Regional Jail: Bad News for Criminals, Good News for Taxpayers
26 Mar

Kansas City Considers Regional Jail: Bad News for Criminals, Good News for Taxpayers

Posted by David Stokes Courts

There’s an interesting article in the Star today about the proposal for a shared, regionally built jail for the Kansas […]

Read More
Prudence and the Columbia School Board
26 Mar

Prudence and the Columbia School Board

Posted by Dave Roland Education

Thanks to Janese Heavin’s excellent coverage on her Class Notes blog, I’ve been keeping an eye on the drama surrounding […]

Read More
Sales Tax Holidays ? Ineffective Economic Medicine
26 Mar

Sales Tax Holidays ? Ineffective Economic Medicine

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Taxes

An editorial in the Southeast Missourian (link via Combest) compares the proposed sales tax holiday to cough syrup: A statewide […]

Read More
FSA, HSA, HRA … AFT! LOL.
26 Mar

FSA, HSA, HRA … AFT! LOL.

Posted by Justin Hauke Free-Market Reform

We’ve been very proud at the Show-Me Institute to be at the forefront of HSA reform in Missouri. The “new […]

Read More
(Deadbeat) Deer Hunter
26 Mar

(Deadbeat) Deer Hunter

Posted by Nicholas Loyal Uncategorized

I’d like to apologize for the title, first off, as I really don’t like the word "deadbeat" — but the […]

Read More
Red-Light Camera Reviews Are In!
25 Mar

Red-Light Camera Reviews Are In!

Posted by David Stokes Courts, Municipal Policy

There is such a thing as too much milk, even if it does a blog good, so I’ll move on […]

Read More
Why Buy the Milk if You Can’t Tell Whether It’s Hormone-Free?
25 Mar

Why Buy the Milk if You Can’t Tell Whether It’s Hormone-Free?

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Regulation

My colleagues have done an excellent job of demonstrating the unconstitutionality and general craziness of the proposal to forbid labeling […]

Read More
Truth in Advertising
25 Mar

Truth in Advertising

Posted by Dave Roland Regulation

The St. Joseph News-Press has a report today (spotted via John Combest) about two bills before the General Assembly that […]

Read More
Please, Legislature, Save Us From the Horrors of Labeled Milk
25 Mar

Please, Legislature, Save Us From the Horrors of Labeled Milk

Posted by David Stokes Regulation

Mr. Combest has the link to a St. Joseph News-Press story on an absolutely ludicrous idea that combines the worst […]

Read More
Illinois Legislators Jump on the Sales Tax Holiday Bandwagon
25 Mar

Illinois Legislators Jump on the Sales Tax Holiday Bandwagon

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Taxes

I should be more careful about what I say on this blog, because when I make crazy suggestions, people take […]

Read More
Missouri’s Kelo
24 Mar

Missouri’s Kelo

Posted by Dave Roland Property Rights

The nation was stunned in 2005 when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the United States Constitution allowed the […]

Read More
Markets Develop, Even When Suppressed (and when you’re a kid)
24 Mar

Markets Develop, Even When Suppressed (and when you’re a kid)

Posted by Justin Hauke Economy

To combat childhood obesity, school districts across the country have adopted ever-more-draconian measures to ensure that students are provided with […]

Read More
Good Thing It’s Not Called “Freetown”
24 Mar

Good Thing It’s Not Called “Freetown”

Posted by Justin Hauke Property Rights

Frenchtown, a historic French quarter of St. Charles, is the latest challenger of spurious eminent domain abuse. In 2006, the […]

Read More
KC Budget Crunch Continues; Payroll Still Padded
24 Mar

KC Budget Crunch Continues; Payroll Still Padded

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Transparency

The Kansas City Star continues its thorough coverage of the budget situation in KC with a clarifying and honest article […]

Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • …
  • 383
  • 384
  • 385
  • …
  • 425
  • 426
Footer Logo
Support the Show-Me-Institute
Showmeinstitute.org is brought to you by Show-Me Institute and Show-Me Opportunity.
  • Publications
  • Blog
  • Events
  • Donate
  • About
  • Contact

Reprint permission for Show-Me Institute publications and commentaries is hereby granted, provided that proper credit is given to the author. We request, but do not require, that those who reprint our material notify us of publication for our records: [email protected].

Mission Statement
Advancing liberty with responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy.

© Copyright 2025 All Rights Reserved