Kansas City Dodged the #HQ2 Bullet
Richard Florida is an urban studies theorist who promoted the idea that the creative class would drive urban renewal and...
On Superintendents and Their Districts
Does it really matter who’s running a school district? Put another way, is paying top dollar for a superintendent a...
2018 Blueprint: Income Tax Reform
THE PROBLEM: Missouri’s economy has been stalled for almost two decades, as startup growth has slowed and entrepreneurs and taxpayers...
2018 Blueprint: Open Collective Bargaining
THE PROBLEM: Under current Sunshine Law in Missouri, government bodies may close meetings, records, and votes relating to contract negotiations...
2018 Blueprint: Prevailing Wage
THE PROBLEM: Many government construction contracts dictate what potential contractors must pay workers to get the job. These restrictions are...
2018 Blueprint: Public Pension Reform
THE PROBLEM: Defined benefit (DB) pension plans promise employees annual payments for life upon retirement, but if a public plan...
2018 Blueprint: Right to Work
THE PROBLEM: Until recently, many workers in Missouri could be forced to join unions. That was unfair not only to...
Are Kansas City and Saint Louis Getting Taken?
The deadline for submissions to Amazon to host their new headquarters building has come and gone, and both Kansas City...
Medicaid Waiver Request A Great Idea
Although much of the legislative air has been consumed by Right to Work in the last few weeks, two other...
ESAs Can Help Missouri Students with Dyslexia
For years, Kelli Unnerstall wrestled with private and public schools to get her son with dyslexia the help he needed...
Creating a Field of Dreams for the American Royal
With the World Series in full swing, I’m reminded of a quote from one of my favorite sports movies, Field...
Kansas City’s Development Guru Admits He Was Wrong
Most Kansas Citians won’t recognize the name, but we owe much of the inspiration for our downtown development scheme to...
Education Policy for Our Fractured Republic
Like most observers of American society and politics, I am trying to make sense of our current political moment. Two...
Another Misguided Legal Attack on School Choice
Here at the Show-Me Institute, we talk a lot about barriers to education reform and school choice. Last legislative session,...
Malachi’s School Choice Story
Just last year, 5-year-old Malachi’s home was an orphanage in Ethiopia, and he was unable to walk due to crippling...
For Better Health Care Access, Pursue Interstate Licensing
Imagine you got a nasty cut that needed stitches while you were vacationing in Florida this summer. Apart from putting...
It Could Be Worse. Not Much Worse, but It Could Be Worse.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released data on real GDP for all 50 states. Since Missouri’s growth in recent...
MCI Is the Envy of its Peers
The effort to issue $1.25 billion in debt to tear down and rebuild Kansas City International Airport (MCI) is on...
Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business
Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts: How Parents Could Spend Funds
Recently, I wrote about a proposed law that could expand educational opportunities for students with disabilities. The Empowerment Scholarship Account...
