DESE’s Rulemaking Circumvents Intent of Virtual School Law
In the fall of 2019, a student in the Independence (MO) School District applied to the Missouri Virtual Academy (MOVA)....
A Letter to the Editor: Roll Back Personal Property Tax Rates
Used car values have risen dramatically in Missouri. Prices for used cars increased 25 percent in 2021 alone. Because Missouri...
Legislature Squanders Health Care Opportunity
As has been discussed on this blog multiple times over the past few weeks, Missouri’s 2022 legislative session was largely...
Missouri Missing Telemedicine Opportunity
Time’s running out on this year’s session, and Missouri’s legislature has yet to act to preserve key telemedicine reforms. A...
Missouri Use Taxes Should Expand the Tax Base, Not the Size of Government
Use taxes in Missouri are simply sales taxes on goods delivered to your home from out-of-state sellers. Local governments have...
Honey, I Shrunk the City
It’s not exactly news that the City of St. Louis and the region as a whole have been losing population...
Missourians to Vote on New Use Taxes
Thanks to recent changes in state and federal law, local use taxes have become topical in Missouri. Many Missouri...
Telemedicine Needs Legislative Action
After nearly two years of Missourians enjoying greater access to telemedicine, Governor Parson allowed the waivers that enabled the service’s...
Did St. Louis City Improperly Collect the Payroll Expense Tax During the Pandemic?
Show-Me Institute analysts have written extensively about the St. Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes, but not quite as much...
Extend Telemedicine Again
Once again, action is needed to protect Missourians’ access to telemedicine. A little more than two months ago, I wrote...
Springfield Should Reject Subsidies for Sports Town
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. It is important to learn from one’s mistakes, and when it...
If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It
Some things are hard to face—the scale, your checking account balance—but ignoring them doesn’t make problems magically go away. The...
Missouri Is in Poor Fiscal Health
Many people struggled with their financial circumstances and fiscal health in 2020. Based on a new report, it seems that...
Telemedicine Waiver Extended
Late last month, Governor Parson issued an executive order extending Missourian’s expanded access to telemedicine services through the end of...
Highlighting an Energy Opportunity During Missouri’s Clean Energy Week
In recognition of Missouri’s first “Clean Energy Week,” let’s take a look at an energy challenge in Missouri that affects...
What Comes After Farce?
The quest for a new St. Louis County Auditor has entered a phase that is hard to name. For a...
Podcast: COVID Legislation, How to Hire Teachers and MO Toll Roads
Susan Pendergrass, Patrick Ishmael and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn to discuss Missouri’s newly-signed COVID liability legislation, MO DESE’s application...
Coming up for AIR After COVID
The last year has been a difficult one for Missourians. Our friends and neighbors have not only contended with a...
Better Preparation for a Rainy Day
Imagine opening a savings account so that you can put aside some money in case of an emergency. But when...
Missouri Has A Productive Legislative Session, With More to Come
As the clock ticked down in the last week of Missouri’s regular legislative session, there was growing concern about what...
