A version of this commentary appeared in the Clay County Courier-Tribune. This November, Clay County residents will vote on […]
Congratulations, West Virginia families! The West Virginia Supreme Court just ruled that the new Hope Scholarship program—an education savings account […]
In the fall of 2019, a student in the Independence (MO) School District applied to the Missouri Virtual Academy (MOVA). […]
Back in August, my colleague Elias Tsapelas wrote a succinct blog post about why the legislature’s intention to pass or […]
The tale of 2022’s legislative activities has been a bit of an odyssey. Hopes were high in January that reforms—from […]
In November, voters in Clay County (and also Laclede County) will have the opportunity be the first counties in Missouri […]
The federal government is once again using climate change as a justification for a massive economic project. The National Electric […]
The Kansas City Westside neighborhood is the historic home of the Mexican–American community in Kansas City. It has experienced particularly […]
“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 […]
