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 […]
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 […]
My last post talked about one of my favorite emails I received during the municipal checkbook project, from the tiny […]
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 […]
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 […]
