Late last year, Congress approved a bill that will have major implications for Missouri in 2023. After nearly three years […]
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the future of MIssouri’s Medicaid rolls, who should […]
Short-term Rentals, Long-term Questions
Turning primary or secondary homes into assets by renting them out via AirBNB or VRBO has become very popular. It […]
Breaking: The Actual Starting Teacher Salary According to DESE
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and other major media outlets in Missouri, continually claim that Missouri teachers are, on average, the […]
Year-End Jobs Report: Goldilocks, or Calm Before the Storm?
For the second year in a row, the U.S. economy enters January under a considerable cloud of uncertainty. In January […]
As the 2023 legislative session opens this month, it’s heartening to hear the keynote speeches of our elected officials and […]
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Ness Sandoval about the changing demographics of St. Louis, crime in the city, […]
Enthusiastic School Choice Supporters Pack Herzog Foundation Education Rally
Now that we’re between holidays and recovering from our family get-togethers, I wanted to share with our readers video from […]
Certificate of Need Repeal Must Become a Legislative Priority
As our readers are well aware, the last two years have been harrowing from the perspective of public health policy. […]
With its recent vote to implement a four-day school week in 2023, the Independence School District joins 146 other Missouri […]
Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem? 2022 Data Update
In a previous post, I presented 2018 and 2020 application and vacancy data from the Independence School District. The data […]
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, is a national group that broadly speaking defends the speech rights […]
Curbing Forced EV Expansion
Back in October, the Biden administration rolled out the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan (NEVI), an enormous initiative to […]
A Reminder: Missouri Still Needs Transparency in Education
With the new state legislative session on the horizon, it’s clear that there are a lot of policy priorities competing […]
Taxpayers Getting Burned
As I have discussed many times before, some of the worst public policy ideas in Missouri have come from the […]
James Shuls, David Stokes and Patrick Ishmael join Zach Lawhorn to discuss which pre filed bills they are tracking before […]
Springfield Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s economic development […]
Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem?
The Independence School District (ISD) school board recently voted to move to a four-day school week. One of the stated […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach about his new report PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: A 50 STATE RANKING OF K-12 […]
Recorded on December 1, 2022 at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri Tony Woodlief is Executive […]
