Hazelwood, Bankruptcy, and Special Laws
The City of Hazelwood has announced that it is cutting back on the services it provides its residents. In related...
Charter School Students Will Finally Stop Getting Shortchanged
Governor Parson has now signed House Bill (HB) 1552 into law. In signing HB 1552, the governor has acknowledged that...
A Little Good News on Gas
As gas prices remain historically high across the nation and a statewide gas tax holiday seems unlikely, some very organized...
The Shift Toward Parents Continues
Although teachers’ unions have been around for over one hundred years, collective bargaining and teachers’ strikes really began in about...
A Lesson on Early Literacy from the Magnolia State
If I polled one hundred Missourians on which state they thought had the best early literacy policies in the nation,...
Legislature Squanders Health Care Opportunity
As has been discussed on this blog multiple times over the past few weeks, Missouri’s 2022 legislative session was largely...
Centene Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
There are numerous flaws in the ongoing subsidy-driven economic development strategy employed in Missouri. In this post, I want to...
A SCOTUS Victory for Private School Choice
Once again, the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld a parent’s right to choose a religious private school,...
Missouri Forgot Its Umbrella
Anyone familiar with Missouri weather knows that regardless of the day’s forecast, you should probably still be prepared in case...
Attorney General’s Office Starts a Curriculum Database of Its Own
When I started the Show-Me Curricula Project, I had no illusion that schools and districts would happily provide their teaching...
More of the Same in Springfield’s New Buc-ee’s CID
The Springfield City Council just repeated an all-too-common Missouri mistake. The council passed a bill creating a new community improvement...
Financial Data on Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities
The Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities report that I published earlier this year displays financial information from Missouri’s...
Columbia Repeals Ban on Trash Roll Carts, Repeal of Ban on Dancing and Proms Is Next
Both Prohibition and the classic film Footloose (the original, obviously) teach us the lesson that banning popular things is generally...
Legislative Results for Licensing Compact
In a legislative session that lacked legislative action, there was a small piece of good news tucked into a large...
The Kansas City Star Is Right
A recent Kansas City Star piece excoriated the Missouri Senate for its behavior and failure in the recently concluded legislative...
Tax Burden in Missouri’s 20 Largest Cities
What do residents in Missouri’s largest cities pay in taxes, and what do they get for their money? This report...
Better Late than Never
With just one day left in the session, the Missouri Legislature is on the verge of finally making it easier...
Pittsburgh, Poster Child for Sloppy Housing Policy
In the weeks and months ahead, researchers at the Show-Me Institute will be taking a closer look at housing policies...
Missouri Missing Telemedicine Opportunity
Time’s running out on this year’s session, and Missouri’s legislature has yet to act to preserve key telemedicine reforms. A...
Death on the Vine in Jeff City
Every legislative session, there is plenty of bad legislation introduced. But each year, there often seems to be a few...
