Missouri has received billions in debt-financed federal spending earmarked for stimulus, recovery and infrastructure needs from legislation such as the […]
As Missouri’s legislative session gets going, Show-Me Institute analysts have been busy testifying on a variety of issues at the […]
Show-Me Institute analysts have written extensively about the St. Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes, but not quite as much […]
There’s potential for tax-increment financing (TIF) reform this legislative session. My colleague David Stokes and I recently submitted testimony for […]
Two bills currently being considered in the Missouri Legislature would make building electric transmission lines more expensive and less competitive, […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In government, nothing succeeds like failure. How else to explain […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Jefferson City is awash in taxpayer cash. Missouri’s state […]
Michael Q. McShane, Director of National Research at EdChoice, Susan Pendergrass, Director of Research and Education Policy at Show-Me Institute, […]
Two tax credit bills are making their way through the legislature this session. SB 733 would establish a tax credit […]
When we released our Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights (MPBR) late last year, we did so because we thought parents […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Business Journal. Between 2014 and 2019, ridership on St. Louis […]
Matthew Spalding is the Kirby Professor in Constitutional Government at Hillsdale College and the Dean of the Van Andel Graduate […]
Springfield has temporarily abandoned an incentive package plan for the Brody Corners multi-use project. The plan would have resulted in […]
The Loop Trolley is causing trouble for Saint Louis area officials again. The problem this time is possibly having to […]
Last month, the Show-Me Institute introduced our latest blueprint for Missouri—an annually produced short list of high-priority, high-impact reforms that […]
Missouri ranks 13th in the Tax Foundation’s “2022 State Business Tax Climate Index,” down two spots from last year. This […]
David Stokes. Susan Pendergrass and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn for the first SMI Podcast of 2022. They discuss the […]
Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects of reading and math, and the most recent test scores show […]
You are invited to join the Show-Me Institute and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy for an expert panel discussion […]
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. You are probably familiar with various versions of the […]
