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Springfield sign
17 Jan

Why Does Missouri Make it So Difficult?

Posted by Abigail Burrola School Choice

In Missouri, it may seem like school choice is only for Kansas City and St. Louis, since they are the […]

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Missouri State Capitol
16 Jan

Don’t Just Talk the Talk

Posted by Corianna Baier Corporate Welfare, Tax Credits

With all the excitement of the legislative session starting, let’s not forget about the Interim Committee on Tax Credit Efficiency […]

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Oil and water
15 Jan

Like Oil and Water

Posted by Susan Pendergrass School Choice

Talking about school choice in Missouri often feels hopeless. A common attack on school choice efforts in Missouri is “Most […]

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Fare Free Public Transit? Not so Fast
14 Jan

Fare Free Public Transit? Not so Fast

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Transportation

A version of this op-ed was published by the Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri, made news around the country last […]

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Crosby Kemper III
13 Jan

Show-Me Chairman Confirmed to Federal Director Role by U.S. Senate

Posted by Brenda Talent Uncategorized

Today, I’m honored to announce that one of the Show-Me Institute’s founders, R. Crosby Kemper III, has been confirmed by […]

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Chalkboard in classroom
10 Jan

Some Possible Good News

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability

Last fall, the MNEA submitted applications for six ballot initiatives to the Missouri Secretary of State. If a ballot initiative […]

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Beer mug toast
09 Jan

Raise a Toast: Missouri Three-Tier Speech Prohibition Struck Down

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Courts

While it remains an issue of generally low public awareness, Missouri’s three-tier alcohol regulatory system is one that the average […]

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Missouri River floodplain
08 Jan

A Win for Economic Development Sanity

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

There isn’t enough good news about economic development policy in Missouri. But a recent vote in Maryland Heights, just outside […]

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Royals stadium
07 Jan

Downtown Baseball? Show Us the Research

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

New Royals owner John Sherman is giving interviews extolling the virtues of downtown baseball. In a recent story published on […]

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School bus on road in winter
31 Dec

It’s Listicle Time!

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, School Choice

The end of the year is the time for top-ten lists, top-story lists, and best-moments-of-the-year lists, to name a few. […]

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Rural highway
20 Dec

Not All Funds and Games

Posted by Jakob Puckett Transportation

The federal Highway Trust Fund (FHTF) is in jeopardy, and that could mean bad news for Missouri’s roads and bridges. […]

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Cash
19 Dec

Show-Me Gets Results? PortKC to Refund Taxpayers

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

Back on November 4, I recommended Kansas City City Council members curtail the $6 million administrative fee that PortKC would […]

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If You Build It, Will They Come?
18 Dec

If You Build It, Will They Come?

Posted by Jakob Puckett Transportation

Imagine that today you are put in charge of running MetroLink. In your first day on the job, this is […]

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Data
17 Dec

The data are here! The data are here!

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability

For me, Christmas came early this year. On December 12, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released, […]

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Christmas shopping scene
16 Dec

‘Tis the Season . . . of Free-Market Activity!

Posted by Corianna Baier Economy

The holiday shopping season is the perfect playground for market forces. Voluntary exchange for mutual benefit (in other words, shopping) […]

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2020
16 Dec

The End of History as We (No Longer) Know It : A New Year’s Day Reflection

Posted by Andrew B. Wilson Uncategorized

Imagine you are in a car accident on New Year’s Eve. Like Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity, you wake […]

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Child's backpack
13 Dec

Highest and Lowest Spending Schools in the St. Louis Area

Posted by James V. Shuls Accountability

When Congress updated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, many hailed the […]

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Loop trolley
13 Dec

Clunk, Clunk, Clunk Goes the Trolley

Posted by Jakob Puckett Transportation

After 13 months of operation, the Loop Trolley will be shutting down on December 29 due to a lack of […]

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St. Louis
12 Dec

St. Louis is Doing a “Poor” Job with Local Taxing Districts

Posted by Corianna Baier Corporate Welfare, Special Taxing Districts

“Poor” is never the rating you want. Unfortunately, that’s what St. Louis got in a recent audit of the city’s […]

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Kids in classroom
11 Dec

Making Growth Understandable

Posted by Abigail Burrola Accountability

School test scores are a snapshot. If the test is a good one, it tells us how much a student […]

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