Falling Farther Off The Pace
Kentucky, known world-wide for its horse races, is trying to keep pace with Kansas as it gallops toward an economically...
Missouri Can Compete – Despite Recent Poor Performance
Consider two teams on divergent paths — the Missouri Tigers and the Missouri Widgets. Clearly, the football Tigers are on...
Will Missouri Impose One Mandate As It Fights Another?
Regarding health care, Missouri’s legislature is getting it right on at least one front. On the one hand, it is...
Should Missouri Toll I-70?
Think about the difference in the taxes that property owners pay to fund local parks and the entrance fee your...
The Gateway City, The ‘Possibility City,’ And Hope For The Future
The guard is changing at Saint Louis’ regional chamber of commerce, the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA)....
Encouraging Job Creation in Claycomo, Mo. Louisville, Ky.
Contributors to Show-Me Daily have previously discussed the state subsidization of the Claycomo Ford plant, which secured $150 million in tax credits...
Pitting States Against Each Other: Ford’s Expensive Game
While it lobbied for $150 million in tax incentives from Missouri, Ford also courted Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Illinois for...
Try, Try, Try Again? Not Always a Good Idea
The Kansas City School District, in another effort to reform lagging schools, plans to move students into an ungraded primary...
Growth by State
Many variables affect a state’s economic growth, including public policy, natural resources, geographic location, business centers, etc. The large number of contributing...
Tax Incentives Are a Game We Can’t Win
Today, Show-Me Institute Research Analyst Christine Harbin appeared on the Sarah Steelman Hour radio show in Springfield, talking about tax...
Good News and Bad News for Missouri’s Sunshine Law Applications
Recently, the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group ranked the states on issues of transparency and spending openness. Missouri received a...
On Private Discrimination
Rand Paul, the newly designated Republican candidate for one of Kentucky’s seats in the U.S. Senate, has taken a lot...
Missouri: Land of Relatively Low Taxes on Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cigarettes, & Gasoline!
I used the Show-Me Institute’s newest web tool, IDEAS: Interactive Database for Economic Analysis and Synthesis, to compare the tax...
Missouri’s Tax Freedom Day Falls on April 4
Today, the Tax Foundation released its annual Tax Freedom Day Special Report. According to the foundation’s calculations, Missouri’s “Tax Freedom...
“Rightsizing State Government”
I stole the title for this blog entry from Gov. Jay Nixon’s speech the other day. I haven’t discussed it sooner,...
How Good Is Health Care in Missouri?
Many of my friends are involved in discussions about health care. A common thing I hear is that people are...
Should the Legislature Allow Four-Day School Weeks? Absolutely!
The comments on this article appear to be largely opposed, but I say, “By all means!” This proposal wouldn’t force...
Memo to the Missouri Division of Tourism
I learned something about our beloved state in a golf trip to Ireland, from which I just returned. On two...
Fun With Numbers
Dave Stokes pointed me to an interesting source of information on payday lending in Missouri. Because I’ve written before about...
Missouri’s Kelo
The nation was stunned in 2005 when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the United States Constitution allowed the...
