Clay County Should Reduce Its Commercial Property Tax Surcharge
A version of this commentary appeared in the Clay County Courier-Tribune. This November, Clay County residents will vote on...
It’s Happening
Congratulations, West Virginia families! The West Virginia Supreme Court just ruled that the new Hope Scholarship program—an education savings account...
DESE’s Rulemaking Circumvents Intent of Virtual School Law
In the fall of 2019, a student in the Independence (MO) School District applied to the Missouri Virtual Academy (MOVA)....
WATCH: Clay County Voters to Decide on Tax Reduction
In November, voters in Clay County (and also Laclede County) will have the opportunity be the first counties in Missouri...
Federal Overreach on EVs
The federal government is once again using climate change as a justification for a massive economic project. The National Electric...
Kansas City Westside Community Goes All-in on Abatements
The Kansas City Westside neighborhood is the historic home of the Mexican–American community in Kansas City. It has experienced particularly...
Laclede County Proposes Its Own Tax Cut
Patrick Ishmael and I have been writing and talking a lot about the proposal on the ballot in Clay County...
Robertson Fire District Changes Move Forward
A judge has thrown out a lawsuit that sought to block a recall vote for Robertson Fire District in northwest...
Pay Differentiation Can Heal Missouri’s “Teaching Shortage”
Amidst a “teaching shortage” that is driving almost 25% of Missouri school districts into four-day school weeks, Missouri schools and...
We’re Number Four? With James V. Shuls
Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls about his return to the Show-Me Institute, the Heritage Foundation’s Education Freedom Report Card,...
This Is What Number Four Looks Like?
By now, we have all seen that wonderful photo of the young child sitting in the backseat of her parents’...
Would an Income-tax Cut Benefit Missouri?
Missouri’s economic growth has consistently lagged that of much of the country—so badly, in fact, that our state’s gross domestic...
Perry County Should Reduce Its Commercial Property Tax Surcharge
In 1985, Missouri changed the way that local governments tax commercial and industrial property. Voters approved eliminating the personal property...
Ballwin TIF Ends; Clear Failure Lauded as “Great Success” by Municipal Apparatchiks
In the great film “The Death of Stalin,” there are many fantastic scenes of a dark-comic nature where the members...
A Letter to the Editor: Roll Back Personal Property Tax Rates
Used car values have risen dramatically in Missouri. Prices for used cars increased 25 percent in 2021 alone. Because Missouri...
Agricultural Tax Credits Are Still a Bad Deal
Last week, Governor Parson called a special session of the Missouri Legislature to pass the “largest tax cut in state...
Affordable Housing and Kansas City: Further Thoughts
(You can read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, and part eight in this series here.) The concerns...
Map of Commercial Property Tax Surcharges in Missouri
I know, I know, if you are like most Missourians, you’ve been talking about the commercial property surtax (or surcharge)...
Fall 2022 Internships
Positions Open The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Fall 2022. Internships are open to current undergraduate...
We Gave DESE a Report Card
2020-2021 Data Now Available at MoSchoolRankings.org Missouri Has an Education Emergency Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects...
