“Aldermanic courtesy” is a practice adopted by some local government boards or councils that gives wide latitude to local officials […]
I hoped that Show-Me Institute videos, testimonies, and articles would bring needed reform to food truck policy in Ladue, and […]
Patrick Ishmael and I have been writing and talking a lot about the proposal on the ballot in Clay County […]
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block a recall vote for Robertson Fire District in northwest […]
On September 20, 2022, Show-Me Institute and Show-Me Opportunity hosted a discussion with Arthur B. Laffer, Jeanne Sinquefield and Brian […]
Amidst a “teaching shortage” that is driving almost 25% of Missouri school districts into four-day school weeks, Missouri schools and […]
A familiar sentence for St. Louis residents: The Loop Trolley is back in the news! Show-Me Institute analysts have been […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls about his return to the Show-Me Institute, the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card, […]
By now, we have all seen that wonderful photo of the young child sitting in the backseat of her parents’ […]
Missouri’s economic growth has consistently lagged that of much of the country—so badly, in fact, that our state’s gross domestic […]
In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property […]
In the great film “The Death of Stalin,” there are many fantastic scenes of a dark-comic nature where the members […]
Being an entrepreneur is hard work. Or so I’m told. I’ve never actually been an entrepreneur. From what I gather, […]
Used car values have risen dramatically in Missouri. Prices for used cars increased 25 percent in 2021 alone. Because Missouri […]
Last week, Governor Parson called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to pass the “largest tax cut in state […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, and part eight in this series here.) The concerns […]
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Dan Goldhaber . Dan Goldhaber is an AIR vice president and director of Analysis of Longitudinal Data […]
I know, I know, if you are like most Missourians, you’ve been talking about the commercial property surtax (or surcharge) […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, and part seven in this series here.) Our results in […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, and part six in this series here.) In the last post in […]
