Last month the voters in Idaho, Nebraska, and Utah approved ballot initiatives to expand Medicaid, reigniting discussions regarding the prospect […]
Last year, teachers went on strike in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona, and Colorado and a general sense of unrest […]
Kansas City has been on a spending spree to try to attract millennials downtown, having been caught up in the […]
The holidays are upon us, and now that we have a quorum on the state board of education and a […]
How do Missouri’s business taxes stack up against those of our neighbors? According to the 2019 State Business Tax Climate […]
Crosby Kemper III Discusses Pre-K Funding on KCPT’s Ruckus
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 […]
A New Internet Sales Tax? Only if It’s Revenue-neutral
As we head into the holidays, many of us are already thinking of the gifts we’ll be giving and receiving. […]
Sorry, Non-KC Residents . . . The Star Doesn’t Care for Your Opinion
It should be no surprise that people living outside the city limits of Kansas City and St. Louis are interested […]
Are you a government-failure denier – someone who believes that the government that governs best is one that overflows with […]
If you’ve lived in Kansas City for a while, you’ve heard all about building new things. We’ve built a new […]
No one seems to know what is going on with the KCI new single terminal project. Or if they do […]
How Not to Study Economic Development Incentives
Economic development incentives are all the rage. And they aren’t all multi-billion-dollar packages to attract a new Amazon headquarters. Many […]
Back in 1980, 13 percent of people were living below the federal poverty line, and 13 percent had standards of […]
Patrick Ishmael Discusses the Future of Health Care on KWMU-St. Louis
On Thursday, December 6, Show-Me Institute Director of Government Accountability Patrick Ishmael appeared on KWMU-St. Louis Radio’s St. Louis on […]
We’ve all heard the phrase, “you have to spend money to make money.” Thanks to some reporting by Brian Robbins […]
There is a strange notion going around that public schools are the only place, or the best place, to inculcate […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Medicaid costs in Missouri are expected to increase drastically again next year. […]
Ask An Economist: Can a Strong Market Fix Missouri’s Pension Crisis?
Can above-average investment returns solve Missouri’s pension crisis? Dr. Andrew Biggs of the American Enterprise Institute reveals the answer in […]
If you aren’t a regular reader of Tony Messenger’s column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, please take a moment to […]
Patrick Tuohey Responds to WXOS’s Bernie Miklasz on MLS Stadium Deal
When ESPN Radio host Bernie Miklasz took to the air to attack David Hunn’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on the […]
