St. Louis Public Schools Exemplifies the Need for Educational Transparency
St. Louis Public Schools (SLPS) has been in the news a lot recently, and not for the best reasons. The...
Missouri Taxpayer Bill of Rights, Back to School, and STL County Changes
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: a Missouri Taxpayer Bill of Rights, St. Louis...
Slashing the Income Tax to Zero
As a former Tennessee resident, I think I am still mentally recovering from paying a state income tax. It’s not...
Jackson County COMBAT Is Still a Failure
It’s been a few years since we’ve checked in with COMBAT, Jackson County, Missouri’s Community Backed Anti-Crime Tax. Back in...
Apparently, Failing to Meet Promises Is Not a Violation of K.C. Subsidies Regime
In 2019, I wondered where those jobs were that Cerner promised to create in return for the subsidies handed to...
Transparency Yields Results
It was only a matter of time before the benefits of hospital price transparency became evident. Recently, the St. Louis...
Do the Election Results Change the Border War?
On August 7, Patrick Tuohey joined Mundo in the Morning on KCMO to discuss the recent Missouri elections and whether...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Spent Nuclear Fuel?
Did you know that the United States could be powered only by nuclear waste for 100 years? After fuel rods...
CON-sanity
Much of Missouri is suffering from a healthcare shortage, and unfortunately, the state’s hospitals are helping keep it that way....
Exempting Childcare Facilities from Taxes Is a Bad Idea
A version of this commentary ran in various newspapers across the state, including the Springfield Business Journal. On August 6, along...
A Policy That Could Help Lower Missouri Electric Bills
While summer is actually my favorite time of the year, it’s also hard on my wallet. As air conditioning use...
The Chiefs and Royals Restart the Border War with Patrick Tuohey
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Patrick Tuohey, Senior Fellow at the Show-Me Institute, about the Missouri-Kansas border war...
KCPS is Getting Serious About Evidence-Based Reading
These past few months, I have been trying to learn Korean—and boy, is it difficult. I feel like I am...
What Fiscal Cliff?
Data on teachers and staff show that the number of public school district employees hit an all-time high last year,...
Federal Broadband Funds Are Just Being Wasted
The ability of the government to waste enormous amounts of money while accomplishing very little never ceases to amaze. I...
Congress Moves to Advance Nuclear Energy
The ADVANCE Act recently powered through the U.S. Senate and is now on the president’s desk. This bill, which is...
The KC Streetcar Still Isn’t Driving Economic Development
In 2016, my former colleague Joe Miller wrote a piece in which he pointed out that the Kansas City streetcar...
A Closer Look at the Effects of a $15 Minimum Wage for Missouri
Who wouldn’t want to get a pay raise? Everyone would enjoy higher wages—but what if a raise meant fewer hours...
Springfield Wants to Be Darn Sure Its Sales Tax Rate Doesn’t Ever Go Down
About fifteen years ago, Springfield voters approved a new sales tax to address its substantially underfunded police and fire pension...
How Fast Should Government Grow with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Elias Tsapelas, Director of State Budget and Fiscal Policy at the Show-Me Institute, about his recent...
