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Making Missouri Resilient: Assessing State and Local Government Recession Preparedness

A massive infusion of funding from the federal government has obscured the fact that Missouri’s state and local governments were dangerously unprepared for the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

State and Local Government

Improving Missouri’s Transportation System through Tolling

Missouri is falling behind in maintaining its roads and bridges, ranking 48th nationally in revenue per mile of road maintained. This paper argues that tolling might be the best way […]

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Missouri’s Tax Landscape

Ever wonder how many different taxes you pay in Missouri? Or how much tax revenue your city collects? Check out the Show-Me Institute’s new booklet—The 2020 Missouri Tax Landscape. This […]

State and Local Government

2021 Missouri Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward

The Show-Me Institute’s 2021 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 15 policy ideas covering issues ranging from education to health care, from public pensions to union reform, and from tax policy to […]

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Career and Technical Education: Investing in Missouri’s Future

We already know that Missouri needs to prepare more of its students to enter the workforce after graduation, but the COVID-19 crisis has made that need even more pressing. This […]

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Kansas City: Missouri vs. Kansas

Kansas City is the 31st-largest major metropolitan area (as defined by the federal Office of Management of the Budget) in the country. The Missouri side of the KC metro area, […]

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