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...
The Border War Is Bad Because It Hurts Us
The day after the Kansas Legislature voted to use sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds to lure the Kansas City...
Who’s in Charge Here?
In the last several years, 10 states have passed universal school choice programs that allow all families to take their...
A Milestone Reached
Nearly thirty years ago in Milwaukee, WI, a private school choice program was launched that gave vouchers to around 10,000...
The Four-Day School Week Won’t Quit
This past legislative session, Missouri officials addressed the four-day school week (4dsw) as part of the large education reform package,...
Bipartisan Momentum in Nuclear Energy Continues
Momentum for nuclear power continues to build—literally. In Wyoming, ground has just been broken for a new TerraPower advanced nuclear...
Open Letter to Governors Parson and Kelly Regarding Stadium Subsidies
Researchers at the Show-Me Institute have argued for years that economic development subsidies do little more than drain public funds...
Longer Days and Fewer Hours with James V. Shuls and Avery Frank
James V. Shuls, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss: – Their new report, Longer Days and Fewer Total...
Missouri School Districts Are Held Permanently Harmless
From the Missouri Revised Statutes, Chapter 163.031: (2) For districts with an average daily attendance of three hundred fifty or less...
An Undeniable Trend
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) performs an annual forecast of education data that includes enrollment projections of students...
Are Missouri Students in School Enough?
Recently, I came across a fascinating paper from Matthew Kraft of Brown University and Sarah Novicoff of Stanford University about...
What about the Nurses?
Missouri’s general assembly dropped the ball on a lot of policy priorities during the 2024 legislative session, but one of...
Legislature Playing with Fire
Missouri’s general assembly flirted with disaster on this year’s budget. Not only did state lawmakers barely pass the budget before...
New Policy Playbook May Help Cities Realize More and Better Housing
My colleague David Stokes recently testified that housing in Kansas City and St. Louis is pretty affordable: St. Louis was...
Chronic Absenteeism in Missouri
With the removal of the minimum school day requirement beginning in the 2019–2020 school year and the rapid rise of...
