In my last post, I discussed the push for increased price transparency in health care, and why transparency is good […]
Arbyrd, Missouri is a town of just over 400 people in the southwest corner of the Missouri Bootheel. Many small […]
What makes health care so different than any other thing you might shop for? Well, it’s different in that you […]
The initial response to the Show-Me Institute’s municipal checkbook Sunshine Law request from the city of Linneus, a small town […]
I guess we should be concerned that the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is keeping their district […]
One of the first things most kids learn about American government is that it has three branches: the legislative, the […]
When I wrote about the downtown Saint Louis ban on scooters a few weeks ago, city officials were planning to […]
Four years ago, Show-Me Institute researchers sent Sunshine Law requests across Missouri, asking cities how they were spending their tax […]
The run-up to the July 4 holiday weekend featured a torrent of positive developments in Jefferson City. We’ve already talked […]
Over the last month, there were rumblings in the media and on Twitter that not only might Governor Mike Parson […]
UPDATE as of March 12, 2025, MoSchoolRankings.org now has the latest 2023–2024 performance data for every Missouri school and district—plus […]
The City of Hazelwood has announced that it is cutting back on the services it provides its residents. In related […]
Governor Parson has now signed House Bill (HB) 1552 into law. In signing HB 1552, the governor has acknowledged that […]
David Stokes, Elias Taspelas, and SMI Intern Quin Rizer join Zach Lawhorn. Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Stitcher Listen […]
As gas prices remain historically high across the nation and a statewide gas tax holiday seems unlikely, some very organized […]
Although teachers’ unions have been around for over one hundred years, collective bargaining and teachers’ strikes really began in about […]
David Stokes, Susan Pendergrass and Abigail Wagner join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the recent SCOTUS decision upholding a parent’s right […]
Plenty of federal funds are available after President Biden signed a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law last November, and […]
If I polled one hundred Missourians on which state they thought had the best early literacy policies in the nation, […]
As has been discussed on this blog multiple times over the past few weeks, Missouri’s 2022 legislative session was largely […]
