The earnings tax was one topic of conversation during a recent forum for St. Louis mayoral candidates. During the forum, […]
Missouri’s House Budget Committee took a historic step this week by voting down the bill that would fund Medicaid expansion. […]
West Virginia is a beautiful state with a reputation problem. Along with gorgeous mountains and phenomenal outdoor amenities like golf, […]
Apparently, parents like options, and school districts like keeping students. What a concept. This past year has forced public school […]
Late last night and into the wee hours of today, the Missouri Senate debated a bill that sought to rein […]
In my previous post on the struggle of county health departments during the pandemic, I touched on funding levels for […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported recently on the struggles of county health departments in Missouri during the Covid pandemic. We […]
A bill in the Missouri Legislature that would raise Missouri’s fuel tax has undergone several important changes. Instead of raising […]
On this episode of the podcast, Bill Mattox joins Susan Pendergrass to discuss what Missouri can learn from Florida’s fight […]
Versions of this commentary appeared in the American Spectator and the Columbia Missourian. Imagine painting yourself into a corner—as someone […]
I was speaking to a colleague in another state recently and he made an interesting observation about two trends that […]
On March 18, 2021 the Show-Me Institute hosted Lee Habeeb for a special town hall. Lee Habeeb is CEO and […]
Did you know that professional, scientific, and technical services (a broad category that includes legal, payroll, engineering, and advertising services […]
One of the first lessons I learned growing up in Boonville was to say what I mean and mean what […]
The City of Kirkwood says it needs money to fund road maintenance and safety projects, and it wants to fill […]
One of the practices I have long been opposed to is governments using tax dollars to hire lobbyists to lobby […]
On Friday, March 12, David Stokes joined The McGraw Show on The Big 550 KTRS to discuss a judge ruling […]
What a year. Last March 21, Governor Parson issued a statewide order to close every public school in Missouri due […]
Developers have asked the City of Boonville for a tax-increment financing (TIF) subsidy to “help” them build a new subdivision […]
As far as I know, the biggest defeat of a tax increment financing (TIF) package or similar tax subsidy (and, […]
