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Opportunities for Medicaid Reform
28 Dec

Opportunities for Medicaid Reform

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Budget and Spending

Last month the voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, reigniting discussions regarding the prospect […]

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Are Missouri Teacher Salaries Going Down?
27 Dec

Are Missouri Teacher Salaries Going Down?

Posted by James V. Shuls Education

Last year, teachers went on strike in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado and a general sense of unrest […]

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Millennials Are Buying in the Suburbs
26 Dec

Millennials Are Buying in the Suburbs

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

Kansas City has been on a spending spree to try to attract millennials downtown, having been caught up in the […]

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New Year’s Resolutions for DESE
24 Dec

New Year’s Resolutions for DESE

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability

The holidays are upon us, and now that we have a quorum on the state board of education and a […]

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Is Missouri’s Business Tax Climate Competitive?
21 Dec

Is Missouri’s Business Tax Climate Competitive?

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Taxes

How do Missouri’s business taxes stack up against those of our neighbors? According to the 2019 State Business Tax Climate […]

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Crosby Kemper III on Ruckus
21 Dec

Crosby Kemper III Discusses Pre-K Funding on KCPT’s Ruckus

Posted by Crosby Kemper III Municipal Policy

On Thursday, December 20, the Show-Me Institute’s Crosby Kemper III appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to urge caution before expanding Kansas City’s early […]

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A New Internet Sales Tax? Only if It’s Revenue-neutral
19 Dec

A New Internet Sales Tax? Only if It’s Revenue-neutral

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Budget and Spending

As we head into the holidays, many of us are already thinking of the gifts we’ll be giving and receiving. […]

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Sorry, Non-KC Residents . . . The Star Doesn’t Care for Your Opinion
18 Dec

Sorry, Non-KC Residents . . . The Star Doesn’t Care for Your Opinion

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Taxes

It should be no surprise that people living outside the city limits of Kansas City and St. Louis are interested […]

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2018: A Bad Year for Government-failure Deniers
14 Dec

2018: A Bad Year for Government-failure Deniers

Posted by Andrew B. Wilson Business Climate

Are you a government-failure denier – someone who believes that the government that governs best is one that overflows with […]

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Kansas City’s Christmas Tree
12 Dec

Kansas City’s Christmas Tree

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

If you’ve lived in Kansas City for a while, you’ve heard all about building new things. We’ve built a new […]

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What Is Going On with the KCI Project?
11 Dec

What Is Going On with the KCI Project?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

No one seems to know what is going on with the KCI new single terminal project. Or if they do […]

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Spreadsheet on computer
11 Dec

How Not to Study Economic Development Incentives

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

Economic development incentives are all the rage. And they aren’t all multi-billion-dollar packages to attract a new Amazon headquarters. Many […]

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There Is More Than One Way to Measure Poverty
07 Dec

There Is More Than One Way to Measure Poverty

Posted by Emily Stahly Business Climate

Back in 1980, 13 percent of people were living below the federal poverty line, and 13 percent had standards of […]

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Patrick Ishmael Discusses the Future of Health Care on KWMU-St. Louis
07 Dec

Patrick Ishmael Discusses the Future of Health Care on KWMU-St. Louis

Posted by Patrick Ishmael Free-Market Reform

On Thursday, December 6, Show-Me Institute Director of Government Accountability Patrick Ishmael appeared on KWMU-St. Louis Radio’s St. Louis on […]

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You Gotta Spend Money to… Spend Money?
06 Dec

You Gotta Spend Money to… Spend Money?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

We’ve all heard the phrase, “you have to spend money to make money.” Thanks to some reporting by Brian Robbins […]

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Private Schools and the Making of Americans
05 Dec

Private Schools and the Making of Americans

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

There is a strange notion going around that public schools are the only place, or the best place, to inculcate […]

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Medicaid Is Stifling Economic Growth in Missouri
04 Dec

Medicaid Is Stifling Economic Growth in Missouri

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Budget and Spending

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Medicaid costs in Missouri are expected to increase drastically again next year. […]

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04 Dec

Ask An Economist: Can a Strong Market Fix Missouri’s Pension Crisis?

Posted by Andrew G. Biggs Public Pensions

Can above-average investment returns solve Missouri’s pension crisis? Dr. Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute reveals the answer in […]

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Tony Messenger on St. Louis Soccer Stadium
03 Dec

Tony Messenger on St. Louis Soccer Stadium

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

If you aren’t a regular reader of Tony Messenger’s column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, please take a moment to […]

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Patrick Tuohey Responds to WXOS’s Bernie Miklasz on MLS Stadium Deal
30 Nov

Patrick Tuohey Responds to WXOS’s Bernie Miklasz on MLS Stadium Deal

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

When ESPN Radio host Bernie Miklasz took to the air to attack David Hunn’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on the […]

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