Working in public policy rarely allows for complete, unadulterated wins. But the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in Missouri v Richey […]
At a recent conference on municipal policy, I had the opportunity to reflect on Baltimore, Maryland. Certainly Charm City has […]
While Missourians clutch their pearls and are scandalized to find out that people with the means to simply pay for […]
The debate over whether state legislators should hike taxes on Missourians this year is ramping up in the state Senate. […]
In Missouri, because of the narrow availability of school choice, you have to be lucky to have access to charter […]
In a debate about the efficacy of pre-K, Kansas City Mayor Sly James was dismissive of research that suggested there […]
“We reason from the hand to the head,” Henry David Thoreau wrote, pointing out how a simple example drawn from […]
The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Summer 2019. Internships are open to current undergraduate and graduate […]
School choice is inherently good. I don’t mean to say school choice is good because it will lead to specific […]
The other day we published a post about some Brookings Institution data suggesting the Kansas City was doing well with […]
William Frey of the Brookings Institution just published a report entitled “How migration of millennials and seniors has shifted […]
Private consultants have determined that Springfield, Missouri is on the cusp of attracting a great deal of new convention business. […]
On the October 12, 2017 episode of KCPT’s Ruckus, panelists discussed the topic of moving Kauffman Stadium to downtown Kansas […]
Kelly Clarkson says that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and I believe her. You know who doesn’t believe […]
Have you ever heard any of these chestnuts? Unlike public schools, charter schools make families apply to them which keeps […]
Nationwide, there are over ten Education Saving Accounts (ESA) expansion bills in current state legislative sessions, and Tennessee may soon […]
Last week, the Missouri Senate gave preliminary approval to a plan that supposedly “reforms” the state’s low-income housing tax credit […]
Medicaid enrollment was down 0.6 percent nationwide in 2018, but in Missouri it decreased at a much higher rate of […]
Vehicle maintenance isn’t typically the sexiest legislative topic, but one proposal offered in the Missouri House may make it hot […]
When Phil Oehlerking and I started the Municipal Checkbook Project two years ago, we thought that the bulk of our […]
