Missouri’s Budget: A Primer (Update)
Nearly three years ago, my essay “Missouri’s Budget: A Primer” was published. In the years since, a lot has changed...
Competition in Electricity Markets
Electricity is vital to all aspects of modern life, making it important that policymakers and citizens understand the laws and...
A Tax Cut is the Gift that Keeps on Giving
At one time or another, I’m sure you’ve stressed about getting someone the perfect holiday gift. Everyone wants to get...
Listen: Dr. Susan Pendergrass on The Missouri School Rankings Project
Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects of reading and math, and the most recent test scores show...
An Updated Look at Tax-Increment Financing
Tax-increment financing (TIF) is a widely used economic development incentive in which property tax revenues are redistributed back to developers....
Changes to Tax Incentives in the City of St. Louis?
The Post-Dispatch ran a story recently about changes being made to how tax incentives are being awarded by the City...
Even Elon Musk Wouldn’t Support Missouri’s EV Tax Credit Bill
Electric vehicles (EVs) are gaining popularity in Missouri and across the country. Thousands of Missourians buy EVs each year; Kansas...
Missouri Is 49th in a Meaningless Statistic!
Earlier this week a headline came across my Twitter feed blaring “Missouri ranked No. 49 in state K-12 funding in...
Credit Where Credit Is Due
Show-Me Institute analysts have been saying for quite some time that parents need choices when it comes to their children’s...
Virtual Town Hall: Ideas to Move Missouri Forward in 2022
Download a copy of the 2022 Blueprint here The 2022 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 14 policy ideas aimed at...
2022 Missouri Blueprint
The Show-Me Institute’s mission is to advance liberty with individual responsibility by promoting market solutions for Missouri public policy. Our...
Missouri Gets a D Grade in Electric Competition
Missouri’s report card for electric competition is in, and it’s not good. According to a new study from the University...
The House Is on Fire
We’re in the midst of an educational crisis. We’re halfway through a third disrupted school year and Missouri students, especially...
St. Joseph Should Privatize Its Sewer System
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Joseph News-Press. The usual problems with water in St. Joseph, Missouri...
Educational Performance Transparency Is Fundamental
Last month the Show-Me Institute released the Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights (MPBR), a K-12 transparency and accountability proposal that...
Costs of a Cosmetology License
Would you spend over $14,000 on extra schooling to make barely more than minimum wage? It sounds ridiculous, but that’s...
Springfield Should Reject Subsidies for Sports Town
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. It is important to learn from one’s mistakes, and when it...
Call for Music Production Tax Credits Sounds Familiar
Gateway Studios is using a hodgepodge of incentives to build a $130 million music production facility in Chesterfield. The company...
Why Missouri Should Embrace Retail Electric Competition in One Graph
Since 2008, Missourians’ average retail electricity prices have increased the fourth most in the country. The average retail price of...
Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights, Money for Music, and AG Lawsuit
Corianna Baier, David Stokes, and Patrick Ishmael join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights, a lawsuit...
