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Hands grabbing money
17 Sep

It Might Take Stan Kroenke to Reform Missouri’s Special Taxing Districts

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Special Taxing Districts

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has a great piece by Jacob Barker on an effort by the city of Wentzville to […]

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Patrick Tuohey on KCPT's Ruckus
13 Sep

Patrick Tuohey on KCPT’s Ruckus

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

On Thursday, September 12, Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to discuss bikes lanes in […]

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Kansas City
12 Sep

Even Kansas City’s Director of Economic Development Knows that CDFA’s Incentive Study is Bogus

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

If, despite all that has been written here and elsewhere about how Kansas City’s Incentives Study was a complete and […]

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Highway map
12 Sep

Some Good News Regarding Missouri’s Highways

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Transportation

The Reason Foundation just released its 24th Annual Highway Report, ranking Missouri’s highway system as the third best overall, behind […]

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Regulations
11 Sep

Missouri Should Follow Our Neighbor’s Lead and Review Occupational Licensing

Posted by Kelvey Vander Hart Economy, Regulation

Should you need to train for 175 days to be a skin care specialist? How about more than 700 days […]

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Kansas City
11 Sep

When City Leaders Aren’t Concerned, Taxpayers Should Be

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

In a recent story in The Kansas City Star about cost overruns for the downtown convention hotel, Steve Vockrodt wrote: […]

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Parking garage
10 Sep

Finally, a Developer Using the Free Market

Posted by Corianna Baier Economy

Do people want a garage inside a garage? I’m not sure, but luckily, people will get to decide if this […]

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Corporate headquarters
09 Sep

Where Are Those Jobs, Cerner?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

In 2014, Cerner received “the largest economic development project in the history of the state” to build its new headquarters […]

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Student at computer
06 Sep

Why Are Missouri School Districts Blocking Course Access?

Posted by Abigail Burrola School Choice

Educational options are scarce for Missouri students. Missouri’s new virtual learning program should be a resource providing more options for […]

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Classroom
04 Sep

Flipping the Script on School Choice

Posted by Susan Pendergrass School Choice

In Missouri, the public education powers that be insist that Missouri parents don’t need or want options other than the […]

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Ishmael and Roland
30 Aug

A Deep Dive into Our Transparency Lawsuit

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Transparency

In this episode of the Show-Me Institute podcast, David Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri, the Show-Me Institute’s Susan […]

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Doctor visit
29 Aug

Why is Missouri’s Medicaid Enrollment Falling?

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Free-Market Reform

Since the beginning of 2018, roughly 120,000 people have left Missouri’s Medicaid rolls. It now looks like many of them […]

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Kansas City river
29 Aug

Plugging the Port Hole

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

A recent column by Dave Helling in The Kansas City Star called for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to challenge […]

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Judge's gavel
28 Aug

We’re Suing the State

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Transparency

This morning the Show-Me Institute filed suit against Missouri’s Office of Administration for violating the state’s Sunshine Law. A full […]

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Scooters
28 Aug

Why Is RideKC Entering The Electric Scooter Market?

Posted by Kelvey Vander Hart Transportation

It was a pleasant surprise to see a new company enter the burgeoning electric scooter market in Kansas City. However, […]

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Arthur Brooks
27 Aug

Movie Review: The Pursuit

Posted by James V. Shuls Uncategorized

If you’ve never watched Milton Friedman’s 1979 appearance on the Phil Donahue show, go watch it now. It is required […]

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Report card
26 Aug

The More You Know

Posted by Abigail Burrola Accountability

If your child is transitioning from middle to high school this fall, you might be wondering how many students at […]

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Eric Dixon
23 Aug

Rest in Peace, Eric Dixon

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Uncategorized

Although the national news is focused today on the passing of a slightly higher profile figure in the free market […]

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Sportscar
23 Aug

Is Turo a “Motor Vehicle Leasing Company”?

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Economy, Regulation, Taxes

We’re still a few months from the legislative session, but it’s becoming clear that one hot topic in 2020 will […]

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Tax paperwork
22 Aug

Is Missouri Discouraging Business Investment?

Posted by Corianna Baier Taxes

The Tax Foundation just released a publication urging states to continue reforming taxes on tangible personal property (TPP). This is […]

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