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The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal McCluskey and James Shuls

The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal McCluskey and James Shuls

Nov 6, 2025

Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls, fellow at the Show-Me Institute and head of...

From Milton Friedman to Modern School Choice with Robert Enlow

From Milton Friedman to Modern School Choice with Robert Enlow

Oct 30, 2025

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Robert C. Enlow, president and CEO of EdChoice, about the expansion of school choice and the...

The Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO)

The Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO)

Oct 7, 2025

The Unsafe School Choice Option (USCO) is a federal safeguard created under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which ensures...

A Free-Market Guide to Zoning with David Stokes

A Free-Market Guide to Zoning with David Stokes

Sep 3, 2025

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Show-Me Institute Director of Municipal Policy David Stokes about his new paper in the Free-Market Guide...

Tax and Spend: Legal Limits on Government Budgets

Tax and Spend: Legal Limits on Government Budgets

Jun 27, 2025

Do state balanced budget requirements (i.e., tax and expenditure limitations) effectively constrain government spending? How can tax policy promote efficient...

Testimony: The Show-Me Sports Investment Act and Senate Bill 3 on Property Tax Adjustments

Testimony: The Show-Me Sports Investment Act and Senate Bill 3 on Property Tax Adjustments

Jun 9, 2025

On June 10, Show-Me Institute Senior Fellow Patrick Tuohey and Director of Municipal Policy David Stokes submitted testimony to the...

Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites with Ilya Shapiro on April 10

Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites with Ilya Shapiro on April 10

Mar 27, 2025

In partnership with the WashULaw Federalist Society, the Show-Me Institute is pleased to present Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional...

Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites with Ilya Shapiro

Lawless: The Miseducation of America’s Elites with Ilya Shapiro

Mar 18, 2025

In partnership with the WashULaw Federalist Society, the Show-Me Institute is pleased to present Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director...

How to Help the Homeless with Housing Policy

How to Help the Homeless with Housing Policy

Jul 19, 2024

Homelessness is awful for everyone. Some homeless people suffer from substance abuse and mental illness and require significant care. But...

The State of the Conflict in Ukraine with Jim Geraghty

The State of the Conflict in Ukraine with Jim Geraghty

Mar 18, 2024

Two years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine – and the fighting continues. The bitter and bloody war has devastated Ukraine, isolated...

The Stadium Tax Debate: Keeping The Chiefs, Royals At Home Sweet Home

The Stadium Tax Debate: Keeping The Chiefs, Royals At Home Sweet Home

Mar 1, 2024

Join us in Kansas City! Show-Me Institute Senior Fellow Patrick Tuohey joins Nick Haines from Kansas City PBS at a...

The Kansas City Earnings Tax Tortoise Versus the St. Louis Earnings Tax Hare

The Kansas City Earnings Tax Tortoise Versus the St. Louis Earnings Tax Hare

Feb 6, 2023

When the pandemic struck and remote work took over, two city tax policies diverged in an asphalt jungle. Kansas City...

Ladue Food Trucks Have Started Rolling—Now We Need to Step on the Gas

Ladue Food Trucks Have Started Rolling—Now We Need to Step on the Gas

Sep 30, 2022

I hoped that Show-Me Institute videos, testimonies, and articles would bring needed reform to food truck policy in Ladue, and...

The Kansas-Missouri Border War Isn’t Over

The Kansas-Missouri Border War Isn’t Over

May 5, 2022

A version of this op-ed was published in the Columbia Missourian. Missouri and Kansas are no strangers to border conflict....

Federal Money for Roads and Bridges Won’t Fix Missouri’s Real Problem

Federal Money for Roads and Bridges Won’t Fix Missouri’s Real Problem

Jun 5, 2020

A few months ago, Congress mulled a coronavirus spending bill focused on infrastructure for a so-called “Phase IV” package. While...

More People Working from Home Means Less Earnings Tax Revenue

More People Working from Home Means Less Earnings Tax Revenue

May 12, 2020

The earnings tax in Kansas City and St. Louis is a one percent tax on income not just for city...

Federal Stimulus Money in Missouri: What We Know So Far

Federal Stimulus Money in Missouri: What We Know So Far

May 6, 2020

With the federal government handing out trillions of dollars in “stimulus” money (I would call it relief funds), you might...

An Update on Economic Development Policy in Kansas City

An Update on Economic Development Policy in Kansas City

Dec 2, 2019

No sooner had Show-Me Institute published “Some Positive Signs on Economic Development Incentives in Kansas City” than one of the...

You Can Say That: A Lecture from David French

You Can Say That: A Lecture from David French

Aug 22, 2019

Event Details:  Where do we draw the line on free speech? On its tenor? On its subject matter? Have we...

The Achievement Gap for Low-income Students Continues into College

The Achievement Gap for Low-income Students Continues into College

Apr 24, 2019

Recent research shows that there is a gap in academic achievement between lower- and upper-class students by as much as...

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