Giving Ex-Offenders a Fresh Start When Looking for a Job: Part Two
As researchers at the Show-Me Institute have pointed out before, occupational licensing can be burdensome for workers and consumers in...
Wisconsin’s Foxconn Deal is Bad Public Policy
President Trump is heralding the news that a Taiwanese high-tech manufacturer is building a factory in Wisconsin. For him, it...
I Don’t Think We’ll Be Making the Honor Roll
The results are in, and they’re not great. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the Nation’s Report Card,...
Hoosier State Helps Home-Sharing
Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb has been sent legislation forbidding local governments from banning Airbnb and other short-term rental companies (STRs)....
Charter Schools 101: Why Would We Need Charters in Suburban, Rural, or “Good” Districts?
In addition to fielding questions about what a charter school is, and whether charters are private or public schools, I’m...
2018 Blueprint: Certificate of Need
THE PROBLEM: Missouri’s Certificate of Need (CON) law restricts health care competition by requiring many health care providers to get...
2018 Blueprint: Charter School Expansion
THE PROBLEM: Demand for charter schools in Missouri is at an all-time high. Unfortunately, for practical purposes charter schools are...
Kansas City’s Economic Diversion
City leaders are still pointing to Kansas City’s downtown as an economic development success story. Taxpayers lose millions each year...
School Choice Criticism: Heads We Win, Tails You Lose
On multiple legs of my commute this week I’ve heard parts of an NPR series on school vouchers. In general,...
Want to Improve Mizzou? Look East
Last fall, at the same time the University of Missouri announced the first decline in enrollment in 15 years, Purdue...
New Paper Offers Guidance for Improving Mizzou
It has been hard to watch the flagship public university of our state struggle this past year and a half. ...
Kansas City and “Fraudulent” Crony Capitalism
President-elect Trump has talked a great deal about the need for massive and widespread infrastructure spending. Many people agree that...
The Indiana Carrier Deal: State Cronyism Shouldn’t Be Nationalized
This Tuesday Indiana state officials announced that a Carrier manufacturing plant located there would not shut down after all, despite...
And Now Anthem Floats Possibility of Leaving the Exchanges
In the last few months Americans found out that several insurers, including major players Aetna and United, would largely exit...
Pope Francis Is Visiting a Catholic School. Maybe You Should, Too
Today, Pope Francis will visit Our Lady Queen of Angels school in East Harlem in New York City. It will...
“This Time It’ll Be Different”
I’ll bet that’s what Phelps County officials are thinking as they set out to create a new tax increment financing...
Highway Dollars: Does Washington Give Missouri Its Fair Share?
Often, when discussing the impending funding crisis at the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT), many residents are skeptical of the...
Should Missouri Use an A Through F System to Grade Public Schools?
The practice of grading organizations using an A through F grading scale has been utilized by many types of industries....
A Lesson for Missouri: Indiana Toll Road Bankruptcy Highlights Privatization Advantages
Policy Researcher Joseph Miller writes in the Columbia Tribune: Here’s a story we’re familiar with in Missouri: Government officials propose...
Show-Me Now! The No-Risk Toll Road
In 2006, the state of Indiana leased the Indiana Toll Road to a private company. That company went bankrupt recently,...
