More Big Beautiful Medicaid Changes
Missouri’s Medicaid enrollment is up by almost 400,000 recipients since 2019, but how many of those newly on the rolls...
Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to break...
A Step Backward for Transparency
Why would anyone be against transparent pricing? Last year, after taking a step forward on hospital price transparency, Missouri’s general...
Nuclear Energy Is a Bipartisan Solution
As the new year approaches and a new presidential administration prepares to take office, we may see significant changes in...
A “Scheme” Worth Looking Into
It’s no secret that Medicaid costs are through the roof. But what if I told you there’s a federal program...
Inflation and the Dangers of False Narratives
With the release of inflation data over the past two weeks—consumer inflation (CPI) late last week and producer inflation (PPI)...
Curbing Forced EV Expansion
Back in October, the Biden administration rolled out the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Plan (NEVI), an enormous initiative to...
Even with an Updated Route, MetroLink Expansion is a Waste
Plenty of federal funds are available after President Biden signed a 1 trillion-dollar infrastructure bill into law last November, and...
Commentary: A Tsunami of Bad Policy
This commentary appeared in The St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 7, 2021 Inflation has reared its ugly head again—hitting a...
How Are We Recovering? (Part 3)
Now that we’ve discussed unemployment insurance (UI) in general and in connection with the Great Recession, it’s time to analyze...
How to Put Missouri on a Faster Path to Recovery
Hoping to prepare for a busy summer of reopening, several restaurants last week in St. Louis’s Central West End held...
Why is Missouri Suing the President Over the Environment?
Missouri—along with eleven other states—is suing the president over his administration’s handling of an environmental policy instrument billed as “the...
The Biden Infrastructure Bungle
Following on the heels of its $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, the Biden administration just unveiled another multitrillion-dollar spending plan, this...
