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Empty hospital room
10 Jan

End in Sight for Runaway Enrollment?

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Health Care, Medicaid

Late last year, Congress approved a bill that will have major implications for Missouri in 2023. After nearly three years […]

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Medicaid, Electric Cars, and Short-Term Rentals
09 Jan

Medicaid, Electric Cars, and Short-Term Rentals

Posted by David Stokes Health Care, Municipal Policy, Property Rights, State and Local Government

David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the future of MIssouri’s Medicaid rolls, who should […]

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Short-term Rentals, Long-term Questions
09 Jan

Short-term Rentals, Long-term Questions

Posted by David Stokes Business Climate, Economy, Regulation

Turning primary or secondary homes into assets by renting them out via AirBNB or VRBO has become very popular. It […]

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Teacher in classroom
09 Jan

Breaking: The Actual Starting Teacher Salary According to DESE

Posted by James V. Shuls Education, Education Finance

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and other major media outlets in Missouri, continually claim that Missouri teachers are, on average, the […]

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Storm clouds over highway
06 Jan

Year-End Jobs Report: Goldilocks, or Calm Before the Storm?

Posted by Aaron Hedlund Business Climate, Economy, Uncategorized

For the second year in a row, the U.S. economy enters January under a considerable cloud of uncertainty. In January […]

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Reminder: Missouri’s Auditor Has Power to Promote Spending Transparency
05 Jan

Reminder: Missouri’s Auditor Has Power to Promote Spending Transparency

Posted by Patrick Ishmael State and Local Government, Transparency

As the 2023 legislative session opens this month, it’s heartening to hear the keynote speeches of our elected officials and […]

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Podcast: The Changing Demographics of St. Louis with Dr. Ness Sandoval
04 Jan

Podcast: The Changing Demographics of St. Louis with Dr. Ness Sandoval

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Business Climate, Corporate Welfare, Economy, Education, Health Care, State and Local Government, Workforce

In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Ness Sandoval about the changing demographics of St. Louis, crime in the city, […]

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Enthusiastic School Choice Supporters Pack Herzog Foundation Education Rally
30 Dec

Enthusiastic School Choice Supporters Pack Herzog Foundation Education Rally

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Education, School Choice

Now that we’re between holidays and recovering from our family get-togethers, I wanted to share with our readers video from […]

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Certificate of Need Repeal Must Become a Legislative Priority
29 Dec

Certificate of Need Repeal Must Become a Legislative Priority

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform, Health Care

As our readers are well aware, the last two years have been harrowing from the perspective of public health policy. […]

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Open Enrollment for Increasingly Closed Doors
28 Dec

Open Enrollment for Increasingly Closed Doors

Posted by Avery Frank Education, School Choice

With its recent vote to implement a four-day school week in 2023, the Independence School District joins 146 other Missouri […]

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Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem? 2022 Data Update
27 Dec

Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem? 2022 Data Update

Posted by James V. Shuls Education, Education Finance

In a previous post, I presented 2018 and 2020 application and vacancy data from the Independence School District. The data […]

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Sunshine
23 Dec

Sunshine Law Applies to Government Journalists, Too

Posted by Patrick Ishmael State and Local Government, Transparency

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, is a national group that broadly speaking defends the speech rights […]

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EV charging station
22 Dec

Curbing Forced EV Expansion

Posted by Avery Frank Economy, Regulation

Back in October, the Biden administration rolled out the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan (NEVI), an enormous initiative to […]

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A Reminder: Missouri Still Needs Transparency in Education
21 Dec

A Reminder: Missouri Still Needs Transparency in Education

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Accountability, Education

With the new state legislative session on the horizon, it’s clear that there are a lot of policy priorities competing […]

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Firefighter's coat, fire engine
20 Dec

Taxpayers Getting Burned

Posted by David Stokes Government Unions, Labor, Public Pensions, Uncategorized

As I have discussed many times before, some of the worst public policy ideas in Missouri have come from the […]

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Podcast: What to Expect from the 2023 Legislative Session
20 Dec

Podcast: What to Expect from the 2023 Legislative Session

Posted by James V. Shuls Accountability, Corporate Welfare, Education, Education Finance, Free-Market Reform, Health Care, Municipal Policy, Performance, Property Rights, School Choice, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits, Transparency

James Shuls, David Stokes and Patrick Ishmael join Zach Lawhorn to discuss which pre filed bills they are tracking before […]

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Springfield Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
18 Dec

Springfield Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies

Posted by David Stokes Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s economic development […]

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Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem?
16 Dec

Does the Independence School District Have a Teacher Shortage Problem?

Posted by James V. Shuls Education, Education Finance, Uncategorized

The Independence School District (ISD) school board recently voted to move to a four-day school week. One of the stated […]

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Public Schools Without Boundaries With Jude Schwalbach
14 Dec

Public Schools Without Boundaries With Jude Schwalbach

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, Education, Education Finance, Performance, School Choice

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Jude Schwalbach about his new report PUBLIC SCHOOLS WITHOUT BOUNDARIES: A 50 STATE RANKING OF K-12 […]

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WATCH: The Red Vs  Blue Myth and the Real Threat to American Stability
13 Dec

WATCH: The Red Vs Blue Myth and the Real Threat to American Stability

Posted by Zach Lawhorn Budget and Spending, Courts, Municipal Policy, Property Rights, State and Local Government

Recorded on December 1, 2022 at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri Tony Woodlief is Executive […]

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