(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 […]
Positions Open The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Fall 2022. Internships are open to current undergraduate […]
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five in this series here.) As earlier posts in […]
How The Missouri Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Program Works
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We Gave DESE a Report Card
2020-2021 Data Now Available at MoSchoolRankings.org Missouri Has an Education Emergency Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects […]
The Post-Dispatch had a very long story about the just-finalized sale of Eureka’s (an outer suburb of St. Louis) municipal […]
In 2021, the Show-Me Institute began a new transparency project focused on whether schools in Missouri are teaching critical race […]
Last week, the Show-Me Institute kicked off a repeat of its Show-Me Curricula Project from last year. The purpose of […]
I mentioned in my recent blog post about our curricula transparency project that a significant amount of the more than […]
When I first started working on the municipal checkbook project this year, I thought that many of Missouri’s smallest cities […]
As we reboot the Show-Me Curricula Project, it’s been interesting to compare the differences in responses between last year and […]
Where Is Robertson Fire District, and Why Do They Take So Much of Hazelwood’s Tax Money?
Over the past two decades, a smoldering fire has been slowly burning in North St. Louis County. No, I’m not […]
David Stokes, Abigail Wagner and Quin Rizer join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the recent election in Missouri, price transparency at […]
Used car prices have risen dramatically over the past few years. That will hit Missouri car owners hard in the […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When elected officials intentionally ignore the law, we often […]
Health Care Price Transparency in Missouri: Part Three
In the first two posts in this series, I examined the confusing world of pricing in health care. What I […]
Next week is primary election day in Missouri. You may have seen some ads for candidates on television, radio, or […]
In Denial: Municipal Checkbook Hall of Shame
My last post talked about one of my favorite emails I received during the municipal checkbook project, from the tiny […]
Broken Approval Process Slows Development
Several disjointed developments in the Cortex and Grove areas of St. Louis nicely encapsulate the confusing involvement of elected officials, […]
In my last post, I discussed the push for increased price transparency in health care, and why transparency is good […]
