In Missouri, it may seem like school choice is only for Kansas City and St. Louis, since they are the […]
With all the excitement of the legislative session starting, let’s not forget about the Interim Committee on Tax Credit Efficiency […]
Talking about school choice in Missouri often feels hopeless. A common attack on school choice efforts in Missouri is “Most […]
A version of this op-ed was published by the Kansas City Star. Kansas City, Missouri, made news around the country last […]
Today, I’m honored to announce that one of the Show-Me Institute’s founders, R. Crosby Kemper III, has been confirmed by […]
Last fall, the MNEA submitted applications for six ballot initiatives to the Missouri Secretary of State. If a ballot initiative […]
While it remains an issue of generally low public awareness, Missouri’s three-tier alcohol regulatory system is one that the average […]
There isn’t enough good news about economic development policy in Missouri. But a recent vote in Maryland Heights, just outside […]
New Royals owner John Sherman is giving interviews extolling the virtues of downtown baseball. In a recent story published on […]
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. […]
The federal Highway Trust Fund (FHTF) is in jeopardy, and that could mean bad news for Missouri’s roads and bridges. […]
Back on November 4, I recommended Kansas City City Council members curtail the $6 million administrative fee that PortKC would […]
Imagine that today you are put in charge of running MetroLink. In your first day on the job, this is […]
For me, Christmas came early this year. On December 12, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released, […]
The holiday shopping season is the perfect playground for market forces. Voluntary exchange for mutual benefit (in other words, shopping) […]
Imagine you are in a car accident on New Year’s Eve. Like Jason Bourne in The Bourne Identity, you wake […]
When Congress updated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, many hailed the […]
After 13 months of operation, the Loop Trolley will be shutting down on December 29 due to a lack of […]
“Poor” is never the rating you want. Unfortunately, that’s what St. Louis got in a recent audit of the city’s […]
School test scores are a snapshot. If the test is a good one, it tells us how much a student […]
