Waiting for Perception on Crime to Change Is Not a Winning Strategy for St. Louis
I’ve highlighted the progress St. Louis has made in reducing crime in recent blog posts. The improving data are positive...
The Gang that Couldn’t Plow Straight
There’s an old warning that “the plural of anecdote is not data.” But there sure are a lot of anecdotes...
Rising Concerns about St. Louis’s Teacher Pension Fund
KSDK recently ran a report on a topic familiar to Show-Me Institute readers: teacher pensions. The report, titled “Growing pension...
The City-County Line Remains a Barrier to a Good Education
KSDK has a great interview with Chester Asher, CEO of Northside Community School, a charter school in St. Louis. Northside...
Private Schools and the Making of Americans
There is a strange notion going around that public schools are the only place, or the best place, to inculcate...
$150 Million Incentive Package. 8,600 Jobs Paying $75,000 Each. State Income Tax of ~6%, Repaying the State … $39 Million?
Those jobs and salary numbers are according to what a legislator told KSDK Channel 5 News in Saint Louis last...
David Stokes Debates Sidney Watson About Obamacare
David Stokes, policy analyst with the Show-Me Institute, and Sidney Watson, a member of the Center for Health Law Studies...
Is St. Louis the next Detroit? (Not in my view)
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on August 16, 2013: When the St. Louis Cardinals played the Detroit...
Is Head Start ‘Worth Every Penny’?
In light of a recent federal study, which concluded that the Head Start program does not have lasting benefits, there have...
Show-Me Discusses the Medicaid Expansion With Media All Across State
It has been a busy few days in the Show-Me office. Yesterday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced that his upcoming...
Video: Talking Health Care Reform on KSDK Channel 5 (Saint Louis)
Last night, I sat down with Mike Bush on KSDK Channel 5 in Saint Louis along with Saint Louis University...
Sorry, Film Directors: Taxpayers Should Not Have To Pay For Your Luxury Hotel Rooms
Film director Jennifer Lynch told KSDK Channel 5 that Saint Louis is the perfect place to shoot her film, “A...
The Undue Burden
Hundreds of St. Charles County residents received a surprise letter from the Department of Revenue (DOR) this week — requiring...
Stunner: Both St. Louis Del Tacos Closed Their Doors for Good Last Night
Looks like “saving delicious burritos” is now off the menu of reasons to oppose the Grand Blvd. demolition. KSDK reports:...
Getting It Right
Yesterday, I complained that the city should not be waiving parking fees downtown on one of its busiest days of...
Education, Not Regulation
Last night I had the pleasure of offering my thoughts about Clayton’s proposed ban on smoking in “public” places. I...
Controversy Over Veteran’s Program in Downtown St. Louis
Last night, KSDK Channel 5 in St. Louis ran a story about the controversy over a program to house veterans...
Channel 5 Profiles My Fifth-Grade Teacher
KSDK NewsChannel 5 in St. Louis had a profile last night about educators making a difference in children’s lives. They...
I’m Shocked – Shocked! – to Find That Fantasy Football Is Going On in St. Louis County Government!
KSDK – Channel 5 (link via Combest) broadcast a story a few nights ago on Internet usage by government employees....
Virtual Schools are the Wave of the Future!
On KSDK’s website, an article discusses North Carolina’s dive into online education for students. So far, students and teachers are...
