The Good and Not-So-Good News from Missouri’s Labor Market
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its report on state employment (see Table 5) allowing us to see how...
What Do Home Care Union Executives Really Want: A Wage Increase for Their Workers or a Union Contract?
On Christmas week, while many Missourians were exchanging presents or grabbing Chinese food, members of the Missouri Home Care Union...
Wastewater Privatization: Case Studies
As Arnold residents prepare to decide whether to sell wastewater facilities in their city to Missouri American Water, they should...
Breaking: Another Study Backs Up The Show-Me Institute
The Competitive Enterprise Institute grabbed our attention when it released a new report comparing the unfunded pension liabilities of all 50...
The Effects Of A Minimum Wage Increase
On Tuesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published a letter from scholars at the Show-Me Institute arguing that raising the minimum...
Strong Arm Of Public Employee Unions Reaches For Home-Care Workers
Last year, I wrote extensively about “paycheck protection,” an issue that deals with public employee unions and how they collect...
Privatization Can Benefit Missouri Taxpayers
As first appearing in the Springfield Business Journal: When I was growing up, I regularly played golf at the Forest...
Introducing Show-Me Data
Have you ever wondered whether it would be cheaper to fill up your gas tank on this side of the...
Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry Guilty of “Stealing” Missouri Jobs?
As appearing in the Springfield News-Leader on October 23, 2013: If “stealing jobs” were as bad as — and essentially...
Free Rides In The Zoo Museum District?
As first appearing in the STL Beacon on September 11, 2013: When I was a little girl growing up in...
You Can Call Them Buzzards, But That Makes Missouri The Carcass
Another day, another governor courting — or as some are saying, “trying to poach” — Missouri’s businesses. This time, it’s...
In Case There Were Any Doubts About The ‘Growth Corridor’ We’re In, Here’s Another Data Point
Today, Show-Me Institute Research Fellow Rik Hafer wrote in the St. Louis Beacon about a recent CNBC business survey and how...
False Pride: Missouri’s Governor Shouldn’t Be Boasting About “Low” Unemployment
As first appearing in the Weekly Standard on July 7th, 2013 (a slightly different version ran in the July 14th...
Missouri House Bill 253…Vetoed! (Part I)
To the surprise of absolutely nobody, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed Missouri House Bill 253, which would have cut individual...
Missouri Is 31st For Business Friendliness In CEO Survey
Earlier this week, Chief Executive magazine issued its annual “Best & Worst States for Business” survey, which asked business leaders...
Brief Comments About Long Bill
Senate Bill 207 is a major topic of conversation in Jefferson City this year. Simply put, it allows AmerenUE to...
Saying Hello To An Amazon Tax
Late last month, a New York Court of Appeals ruled that the state of New York can force online retailers...
Small Business Friendliness Survey: Kansas Gets ‘A,’ Missouri Gets ‘C,’ Illinois Gets ‘D’
The usual suspects are out in full force with the Parade of Economic Horribles they say would come from Missouri enacting Kansas-style...
A Very Special Update
Sometimes I feel like I am Jimmy Stewart in the movie “Rear Window.” I am stuck watching my neighbors do...
Tax Rates DO Matter
Driving to work today, I was listening to 101Espn (the station I listen to when I am not listening to...
