The Governor laid out a number of important priorities in his State of the State address, which my colleague Scott […]
One of the most interesting announcements that the governor made at his State of the State speech last month was […]
One of the great things about math is it often doesn’t need much defense. The numbers can speak for themselves. […]
Imagine the Game of Life played under different rules—with everyone randomly assigned at birth to one of two paths. One […]
In November 2017, Kansas City voters overwhelmingly supported building a new single terminal at the airport. Voters were told, time […]
Want to lose the interest of a room quickly? Bring up pensions. In the 1980s, most private-sector employees were in […]
That’s the billion-dollar question that legislators on both sides of State Line Road are asking themselves. Show-Me Institute researchers have […]
Some time ago I relied on the song “I’d Love to Change the World” by Ten Years After to tell […]
How well prepared are different players in Missouri’s highly diversified economy to join the “Green New Deal” proposed by Congresswoman […]
High recidivism, or the rate at which ex-offenders return to prison, is a problem in Missouri and a major factor […]
As researchers at the Show-Me Institute have pointed out before, occupational licensing can be burdensome for workers and consumers in […]
This week Amazon announced that it was scrapping its plan to establish a “second headquarters” in New York. The company’s […]
If a child begins the school year behind his peers, we want the school to help him catch up. But […]
Among the most innovative and specialized school choice options not yet available in Missouri are education savings accounts (ESAs), which […]
The dance card for health care reforms in Missouri is starting to fill up. Last week the state released a […]
The Missouri House and Senate may have only just begun their legislative years, yet both chambers appear to be setting […]
Imagine that you’re a professor at a large university and this spring you’re teaching one of the big freshman seminar […]
Last year I wrote about how Georgia taxpayers were effectively subsidizing Missouri by offering tax credits to produce Netflix’s show, […]
On February 7, Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy Patrick Tuohey appeared on Kansas City Public Television’s Ruckus to discuss education policy, […]
Private school may be the most appealing education option for some families, but also the most unfeasible. In Florida, low-income […]
