With the current school year already derailed by COVID-19, the best-case scenario for schools is that the 2020–2021 school year […]
As state policymakers scrambled last week to pass a balanced budget, they appeared to miss what was right in front […]
On April 29, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas announced his 10-10-10 plan for reopening the city after the stay at […]
The hole Medicaid has blown in Missouri’s budget is about to get bigger. Medicaid’s costs are expected to grow by […]
For nearly a decade now, my colleagues and I have pushed hard to establish unilateral license reciprocity in health care […]
The earnings tax in Kansas City and St. Louis is a one percent tax on income not just for city […]
To commemorate Earth Day, filmmaker Michael Moore released a documentary that did a surprisingly good job highlighting the shortcomings of […]
A new report released by the Texas Public Policy Foundation documents federal subsidies received by the energy industry over the […]
With the federal government handing out trillions of dollars in “stimulus” money (I would call it relief funds), you might […]
When the country needed more personal protective equipment (PPE), many PPE-producing companies ramped up production, while other companies started making […]
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On May 4, 2020, The Show-Me Institute hosted a virtual town hall on the topic of How to Reopen America […]
The League of Women Voters of Kansas City/Jackson-Clay-Platte Counties recently released its study of tax-increment financing (TIF). In a radio […]
Missouri schools closed their doors in March and will not likely re-open them until this fall. This approach risks serious […]
Jefferson City delivered a win for the spouses of military members in Missouri recently. The governor signed off on licensing […]
The New York Times recently published a story on the impact of the COVID-19 virus and the economic downturn on […]
Missouri has received billions of dollars in federal stimulus money and is now deciding how to allocate those dollars. Considering […]
Recently, Governor Mike Parson signed the largest supplemental funding bill in the state’s history. In response to COVID-19, lawmakers approved […]
The Missouri State Auditor just released an audit of Jackson County’s Community Backed Anti-Crime Tax (COMBAT) Fund. It’s a doozy. […]
The news of the past week makes one thing clear: Not everyone has the same risk tolerance for COVID-19 exposure. […]
While driving this Easter to spend time with family in Charlotte, North Carolina, I saw the past and future of […]
