When Will Missouri Lawmakers Hear a School Choice Bill?
Last week, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran a headline declaring, “Plenty of talk, scarcity of answers when it comes to...
If You Like Your Preschool, You’ll Be Able to Keep-Not Again!
Advocates of universal preschool are up in arms, as Missouri lost a bid for a federal grant that would have...
Ditch the Tax Incentives and Pursue General Tax Cuts Next Year
The Missouri Legislature’s 2014 veto session begins this week, and the chambers are set to reconsider dozens of bills rejected...
Teacher Retirement System Demands Reform
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: If the lovable bear Winnie the Pooh has a downside, it is his...
Lake Of The Ozarks To Waste Sales Tax Monies On Passenger Rail
As Missourians consider whether or not to vote for a transportation sales tax, localities and regions are writing up their...
Show-Me Now! Missouri’s 2014 Budget
Show-Me Institute Policy Researcher Michael Rathbone provides a snapshot of the budget recently passed in Jefferson City. Much of it...
Missouri’s Tax Reform Journey Has Only Just Begun
For Missouri’s tax reformers, this was one big week. Sure, the legislature passed the state’s first individual income tax reduction...
We Have A Tax Cut: Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto
It was a long road, but after a 23-8 override vote in the Missouri Senate yesterday and a 109-46 vote...
‘Tis Time For TIF Reform
That title would make a pretty good protest chant, if you ask me. Although the use of “‘Tis” to help...
Show-Me Now! Medicaid Transformation?
In an effort to bring Obamacare to Missouri, legislators in Jefferson City have re-branded the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion...
Racing To The Wrong End Zone – In Transportation Funding
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In the 1929 Rose Bowl, the speedy Roy Riegel of the University of...
Proactive Is The New Reactive
Several representatives saying they’d like to see intervention even earlier when a school’s scores are dropping #moleg #MOTransfers — Alex...
Expansion Is Wrong Move For Medicaid
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In his 2006 book The Audacity of Hope, then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama was correct...
Show-Me Now! Michael Rathbone on Education Funding
Legislators in Jefferson City want to increase education spending, but is that the best way to improve student outcomes in...
Lust For Licensure
I honestly think that one of these days someone is going to propose requiring a Missouri license to hypnotize chickens....
Are Centralized Standards Needed For A World-Class Education?
On Thursday, sporting my tin foil hat, I drove to Jefferson City to testify against the Common Core State Standards....
Budget Battle Breakdown
When entering into an argument, it is necessary to have a common ground from which to argue. For example, in...
Audio Recording Of Legislative Hearings Should Be Standard Operating Procedure At Missouri Capitol
This weekend, longtime statehouse reporter Phill Brooks penned a commentary for the Columbia Tribune examining the history of broadcasting the...
Update: Transportation Funding
Joseph Miller talks about transportation funding in the Show-Me State. A bill pending in Jefferson City, HJR 68, would put...
Update: School Choice Week
James Shuls reports on School Choice Week. Earlier in the week Shuls spoke at an Americans for Prosperity (AFP) event...
