When is blight not really blight? Apparently, when tax incentives are involved. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the St. […]
Last week, Missouri got its latest grades on “The Nation’s Report Card,” (an assessment given to public-school 4th- and 8th-graders […]
Event Details: School finance policy is a foundational component of public education that directly affects all of Missouri’s students and […]
Event Details: Some 38 million people, nearly one in eight, live in poverty in today’s America as liberals and conservatives […]
A lot of people around the country have cheered a recent agreement by the governments of Missouri and Kansas to […]
The announcement that the USDA has chosen a location in Kansas City, Missouri was met with satisfaction by political leaders […]
On this episode of The Show-Me Institute Podcast, Dr. Susan Pendergrass is joined by Crosby Kemper III. They discus the […]
Educational options continue to be scarce in Missouri. The Missouri Course Access Program (MOCAP) could increase opportunities for students by […]
If you’re following the presidential primaries, you might think that everyone has decided that school choice isn’t cool anymore. That’s […]
Those words were spoken by Missouri Governor Mike Parson about the agreement struck with Kansas to end some aspects of […]
The numbers are in: Missouri’s low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program fails to deliver. The program was supposed to increase […]
You know a good report card when you see it, and the recently released annual performance reports (APR) for Missouri […]
Waddell & Reed was just granted $62 million in state subsidies, but apparently that is not enough; now they want […]
Food from a truck just tastes better, right? Grabbing a treat and enjoying the weather can make for a great […]
According to a dataset from a new project released by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Missouri is ranked […]
Activists have spent years trying to persuade lawmakers to raise the minimum wage to $15. In a possible effort to […]
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Despite the fact that Kansas City just held an election in which the city’s profligate use of tax subsidies played […]
I’m a researcher. When it comes to data I like digging in, and I like unpacking. So, when I heard […]
A new article from the Manhattan Institute details research that indicates addressing blight can have a positive impact on crime. […]
At a recent legislative forum hosted in Boone County by the Missouri State Teachers Association, state lawmakers debated the merits […]
