MLS to Saint Louis: On Whose Dime?
Last summer I found myself leaning against the railing on the balcony of Toyota Park, home of the Chicago Fire,...
Missouri Jobs Increase at Slow Pace
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its current snapshot of labor markets across states. While jobs in Missouri have...
What I Saw at the Stadium Hearing
On Saturday, the Saint Louis Board of Aldermen’s Ways and Means Committee held a public comment session on the Near...
Inefficient Bus Service Plagues North Saint Louis County
Metro, which operates public transportation in Saint Louis City and County, has announced that it has nearly completed a brand...
Expansive Commitments Drain MoDOT Dollars
As we’ve discussed many times before, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) faces a serious budget shortfall in the next...
Taxes Are Still Too High for Missouri
In his 2014 state of the state address, Governor Jay Nixon bragged that “Missouri’s a low-tax state—sixth lowest in the...
Charity Clinic Coming to St. Louis Area Next Month
Over the past few years we have talked a lot about the Volunteer Health Services Act (VHSA), which allows out-of-state medical professionals...
Light Rail Light on Riders in Saint Louis
With Saint Louis County spending $1 million to study possible MetroLink expansion, light rail proponents are out trying to gin...
Taxing Smokers Does Not Show Support of Education
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: These days there are a lot of calls to make people pay...
Chicago Fight Reveals Extent of Government Union Political Involvement
In neighboring Illinois, a government union representing Chicago transit workers is suing the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for refusing to...
A Primer on Government Unions
From the 2011 Wisconsin Capitol protests to Illinois’ recent executive order banning agency fees for state workers, government labor relations are...
Still Coughing Up More for Education
In an era where we shield more and more people from being offended, never mind hurt, it appears that it...
All Right Class, It’s Time For Your Pension Lesson
At the Show-Me Institute we have written a number of times about Khan Academy, the online resource that seeks to...
In Support of An Outside Audit of Missouri’s Medicaid Program
Last month we wrote about a state audit of the St. Joseph School District that turned up tens of millions of...
Missouri’s Fuel Taxes in Context
On March 1, Iowa increased its fuel taxes by 10 cents per gallon. Other states, including Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, and...
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...
Ditching City Hall: A Saint Louis Development Story
We’ve said it on this blog many times before: Saint Louis has low population density. The population is widely spread among...
Still Movin’ On Out
In a recent analysis of Missouri’s migration patterns since 2004, Michael Rathbone and I found that Missouri’s net out-migration—more people moving...
Teacher Pensions: Let’s Not Become Illinois
When talking about pension reform, it’s easy to lose sight of the real, human consequences of the decisions policymakers make....
Illinois Makes Union Fees Voluntary for Government Workers
Yesterday, the governor of Illinois signed an executive order making union fees voluntary for government employees. Government unions are likely...
