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Whole Foods market
11 Dec

Whole Foods CEO Speaks on Markets

Posted by Corianna Baier Business Climate, Economy

Whole Foods Market co-founder and CEO John Mackey recently “spoke up to defend free markets,” as a Wall Street Journal […]

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St. Louis
10 Dec

We Need Actions, Not Words

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Education, Municipal Policy, School Choice, State and Local Government

Greater St. Louis Inc. has just released the results of its year of discussions with community members about how to […]

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Empty kindergarten classroom
10 Dec

Where Are the Kindergartners?

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, Education, School Choice

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 8, 2020. According to enrollment counts taken […]

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WATCH: A Virtual Town Hall on a Blueprint for Missouri
09 Dec

WATCH: A Virtual Town Hall on a Blueprint for Missouri

Posted by Zach Lawhorn State and Local Government

The Show-Me Institute’s 2021 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 15 policy ideas covering issues ranging from education to health care, from public […]

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Pothole on road
07 Dec

The Cost of Not Maintaining the Roads

Posted by Jakob Puckett State and Local Government, Transportation

Readers of this blog have seen me write before about the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) estimate that roughly $745 […]

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Arizona desert
03 Dec

Missouri Shouldn’t Make Arizona’s Tax Mistake

Posted by Corianna Baier Economy, Taxes

Arizona voters recently approved a proposition to impose a 3.5 percent surtax on high-income individuals and joint filers to increase […]

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The Problem with Regulatory Capture
02 Dec

The Problem with Regulatory Capture

Posted by Corianna Baier Economy, Regulation

Earlier this year, Missouri took a huge step forward by allowing licensing reciprocity. But there are still problems with occupational […]

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Empty classroom
01 Dec

It’s Time to Act

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, Education

We are facing an educational crisis that we know very little about. Research tells us that the “summer slide” is […]

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Online classroom
30 Nov

An Ever-changing Landscape

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Education, School Choice

This fall, Missouri public school districts scrambled to create plans to deliver education to families that needed virtual instruction and […]

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Virtual Town Hall: A Blueprint for Missouri
25 Nov

Virtual Town Hall: A Blueprint for Missouri

Posted by Zach Lawhorn Economy, Education, Health Care, State and Local Government

Join us on Tuesday, December 8 at 11:00 AM as Show-Me Institute researchers unveil the 2021 Blueprint for Missouri during […]

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Missouri State Capitol Rotunda
25 Nov

Special Session a Reminder of Budgetary Troubles

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Budget and Spending, State and Local Government

Missouri is still dealing with COVID-19, and the hole in the state’s budget is only getting deeper. Last week, the […]

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School lockers
24 Nov

A Charter School for Normandy?

Posted by Michael Q. McShane Education, School Choice

The Normandy School District might be getting its first charter school. That is, unless a coterie of local functionaries scupper […]

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Podcast logo
23 Nov

What About the other 80 Percent of Missourians?

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Education, Education Finance

About 30 percent of Missourians, age 25 and older, have a bachelor’s degree or higher. It’s estimated that about 60 […]

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Education dollars
19 Nov

What is an Education Savings Account (ESA)?

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Education, Education Finance, Uncategorized

Click here to see how Education Savings Accounts could work in Missouri.   

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Podcast logo
18 Nov

SMI Podcast – Bad with Money: The Decline of Financial Literacy in America

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Economy, Education

On this episode of The Show-Me Institute Podcast, Dr. Susan Pendergrass is joined by John Pelletier. They discuss the lack […]

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Car and coins balancing
16 Nov

New Report Highlights Dangers of Kicking Missouri’s Infrastructure Funding Can Down the Road

Posted by Jakob Puckett State and Local Government, Transportation

Missouri’s roads are more than just a convenience—they’re an economic asset. According to the most recent data from 2011, roughly […]

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Portland
12 Nov

Multnomah County, Oregon Should’ve Called St. Louis Before Making This Mistake

Posted by Corianna Baier Economy, Taxes

Multnomah County, Oregon, which contains the city of Portland, recently approved a local income tax increase to fund tuition-free preschool. […]

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Delmar Loop
09 Nov

Fixing the “Delmar Divide” with a TIF?

Posted by Corianna Baier Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Developers are asking for millions in tax subsidies for a redevelopment project with the hopes of fixing St. Louis’s “Delmar […]

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Empty highway
06 Nov

Commentary: Funding Roads by the Mile, Not the Gallon

Posted by Jakob Puckett State and Local Government, Transportation

A version of this first appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Missouri’s road maintenance funding is on a road to […]

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Doctor on phone screen
05 Nov

Telemedicine Gaining Momentum

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Free-Market Reform, Health Care

Amidst the hardship and disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, the rise of telemedicine has been a small silver lining. Shortly […]

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