Even Krueger Agrees: $15 Minimum Wage Too High
Alan Krueger, professor of economics at Princeton, has weighed in on the minimum wage debate. Writing in the New York...
Student Loan Default in Missouri
Like many twenty-somethings, I am kept up at night—not by noisy neighbors, but by my student loan debt. I’ll be...
Another Go at Raising the Minimum Wage?
Mayor Slay of Saint Louis announced that his administration will back a proposal to increase the city’s minimum wage. The...
Minimum Wage Increases Not Effective at Fighting Poverty
Should Kansas City double the minimum wage from $7.50 to $15 an hour? Local politicians all seem to think so....
Study Reveals Gains in Four-Year Grads, Community College Doesn’t Fair as Well
Last month, President Obama unveiled a plan to make two-year community college “free and universal” for all. Show-Me Institute Distinguished...
If You Like Your Preschool, You’ll Be Able to Keep-Not Again!
Advocates of universal preschool are up in arms, as Missouri lost a bid for a federal grant that would have...
ESEA: What Should Reauthorization Look Like?
Although the Show-Me Institute typically focuses on state-level education policy issues, discussions regarding the controversial Elementary and Secondary Education Act...
Streetcar Fever: Is it Now Or Never To Expand The Kansas City Streetcar?
Following the defeat of their expansion plan in Kansas City, today, streetcar proponents are wondering aloud about how to move...
Expansion Is Wrong Move For Medicaid
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In his 2006 book The Audacity of Hope, then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama was correct...
Bad Data, Bad Tech and No Expansion Lead to Fall in Missouri Medicaid Enrollment
After President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Spending Money Kansas City Doesn’t Have On Streetcars It Doesn’t Need
Optimistically anticipating that their initial 2.2-mile downtown streetcar line will be a resounding success, Kansas City planners are proposing a...
Let Market Guide Us To Prosperity In ’14
As first appearing in the January 7, 2014, Columbia Daily Tribune: Here are five market-oriented resolutions for a more prosperous...
Is Common Core A ‘Victory For Everyone’?
On Tuesday, Chester Finn and Mike Petrilli, from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, had an op-ed supporting the Common Core...
How Many Missourians Have Gotten Coverage Through The Exchange? Insurers Keep Mum
As the problems mount at HealthCare.Gov, the question of how many people have been able to actually enroll is becoming...
Time For A Game Of ‘UNION… OR… TEA PARTY!’
The rules of the game are pretty simple. I give you a statement, and you tell me whether it came...
Part-Time Nation: Forever 21 Stores Cap Staff Hours
As I’ve said before, one of the least-covered consequences of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) since its passage was the...
Obamacare-Enforcing IRS Employees Don’t Want Obamacare Enforced Against Them
If it’s “good enough” for us, why isn’t it good enough for them? National Treasury Employees Union officials are urging...
Of Course: Health Law That Will Ship Jobs Overseas to Be Overseen by… An Overseas Company
Reported on the Fourth of July, no less. As it turns out, the British are coming… WASHINGTON — Racing to...
Obama Administration Delays Employer Insurance Mandate Penalties Until 2015
Under the Affordable Care Act, many employers are required to provide a government-approved level of health insurance to employees at...
It Begins: Roofers’ Union ‘Seeks Repeal/Reform Of Affordable Care Act’
The Wall Street Journal says this “is believed to be the first union to initially support the law [the Affordable...
