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29 Nov

Together, Let’s Build A Better Missouri. Support Show-Me Institute.

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized

2018 was a year of change in Missouri. Lawmakers passed much-needed tax cuts for families and businesses, expanded education options […]

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Billboards, Moving Vans, and School Choice
29 Nov

Billboards, Moving Vans, and School Choice

Posted by Susan Pendergrass School Choice

Wait, what? One of the largest local school districts in St. Louis is buying billboards, sending mailers, and making videos […]

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ACT Scores Show Students Aren’t Ready for College
27 Nov

ACT Scores Show Students Aren’t Ready for College

Posted by Abigail Burrola Accountability

Taking the ACT or the SAT has become an important rite of passage on the path to college for most […]

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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
26 Nov

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

Posted by Brenda Talent Accountability

On November 19, the Missouri State Board of Education met in a closed session to determine who would be selected […]

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Have You Got a Permit for that Trolley?
20 Nov

Have You Got a Permit for that Trolley?

Posted by Frank Catanzaro Municipal Policy

After years of delays and rising costs, the $51 million-dollar Loop Trolley finally opened to the public on Friday. However, […]

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Spring 2019 Internships
20 Nov

Spring 2019 Internships

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized

The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Spring 2019. Internships are open to current undergraduate and graduate […]

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KCI Airlines Links New Terminal Costs with . . . Service
20 Nov

KCI Airlines Links New Terminal Costs with . . . Service

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

How many times have proponents of a new terminal at KCI told us that the costs of enplanements do not […]

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Is This Really the Least Bad Deal to Build a Soccer Stadium?
19 Nov

Is This Really the Least Bad Deal to Build a Soccer Stadium?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

My colleague Graham Renz wrote often about how the 2017 proposal for St. Louis taxpayers to subsidize a soccer stadium […]

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Were the #NewKCI Construction Cost Numbers Ever Real?
19 Nov

Were the #NewKCI Construction Cost Numbers Ever Real?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Transportation

Last Thursday on the Kansas City Public Television program Ruckus, panelist Jim Heeter dropped the following bomb about the large […]

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Biggs Event
19 Nov

Public Employee Pensions in Missouri: A Looming Crisis

Posted by Andrew G. Biggs Public Pensions

The Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) has seen its funding health decline in recent years even as the required […]

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Opportunities Abound in Private School Choice
19 Nov

Opportunities Abound in Private School Choice

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

First impressions are hard to overcome. This is true of people and of policies. For years, school choice has been […]

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Ruckus
16 Nov

Patrick Tuohey Discusses Rising Costs For A New KCI on Ruckus

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Municipal Policy

On Thursday, November 15, the Show-Me Institute’s Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT’s Ruckus to discuss the rising costs of a new KCI terminal […]

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The Quintessential Quint
15 Nov

The Quintessential Quint

Posted by Andrew B. Wilson Uncategorized

On this day – and, indeed, on many other days of every year going all the way back to 1968 […]

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Why Is the KC Health Department Stopping Neighbors from Feeding the Homeless?
07 Nov

Why Is the KC Health Department Stopping Neighbors from Feeding the Homeless?

Posted by Emily Stahly Municipal Policy

For the past several years, a group of friends and neighbors have gathered on Sunday afternoons in three public parks […]

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Map of Heartland States
05 Nov

Are Missouri’s Neighbors Passing It By?

Posted by Kelvey Vander Hart Business Climate

As a general rule, it isn’t wise to spend too much time worrying about keeping up with the neighbors. But […]

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Education Savings Accounts Can Help Bullied Children
02 Nov

Education Savings Accounts Can Help Bullied Children

Posted by Abigail Burrola School Choice

Having the option to choose a new school may not be at the front of every parent’s mind, but it’s […]

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Does Kansas City Really Have Too Many Hotel Rooms?
29 Oct

Does Kansas City Really Have Too Many Hotel Rooms?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

The other day we highlighted a letter from a developer who claimed that his client, a hotel company, should receive […]

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Too Many Hotels in KC, According to Hotel Developer Seeking Subsidies
26 Oct

Too Many Hotels in KC, According to Hotel Developer Seeking Subsidies

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Subsidies

In a blog post earlier this year I wondered about Kansas City, “If previous subsidies successfully created a vibrant economic […]

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No Longer Forgotten
25 Oct

No Longer Forgotten

Posted by Susan Pendergrass School Choice

Far too often, our policy conversations focus heavily on urban locations. This is especially true in education. Yet there are […]

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How Can Missouri Support Students with Special Needs? Find Out.
23 Oct

How Can Missouri Support Students with Special Needs? Find Out.

Posted by James V. Shuls School Choice

In November, the Show-Me Institute will host two events on Bryce’s Law. Haven’t heard of it? Don’t worry, few have—and […]

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