The Kansas City Star Lies in “Parents’ Bill of Rights” Editorial
In an editorial titled “Missouri think tank’s ‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ wants us to subsidize private schools,” the Kansas City...
A Truly Terrible Idea for West County
The title of this article in the Post-Dispatch says everything one needs to know about the focus of far too...
Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights
Introducing the Missouri Parents’ Bill of Rights Too often, local officials have resisted oversight of Missouri public schools and districts....
Douglas Murray: Reflections on the Revolution in America
Douglas Murray is a best-selling author, an award-winning political commentator, and a senior fellow at the National Review Institute....
Regulatory Capture in Cosmetology Licensing Boards
I’ve previously written about the regulatory capture of occupational licensing boards, citing Missouri’s cosmetology board as an example. It seems...
How Do We Improve Municipal Elections in Missouri?
There is a proposal in St. Louis County to make the county-level offices (and campaigns) nonpartisan. The sponsor argues that...
The 2022 Blueprint for Missouri Virtual Town Hall
Please join the Show-Me Institute for a Virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, December 8 at 2 p.m. The presentation will...
Kirkwood Should Consider the Pros and Cons of All Transportation Funding Options
Kirkwood officials have placed a citywide transportation development district (TDD) on the ballot to raise money for road, sidewalk, gutter,...
St Louis County Council Mandates Businesses Install EV Charging Stations
The Saint Louis County Council recently passed a law that would require businesses and landowners in unincorporated Saint Louis County...
Policy Presentation: Missouri School Rankings (Springfield)
Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects of reading and math, and the most recent test scores show that students...
The Food Truck Debate in Ladue, Missouri
Ladue, Missouri does not allow food trucks to operate within the city. David Stokes and Corianna Baier took to the...
Want Better Electricity Prices? Be More Like Illinois
One of the benefits of a cross-border rivalry is the ability to learn from your competitor (with Missouri sometimes learning...
Missouri’s New Gas Tax Hassle
If you’ve ever bought something that came with a mail-in rebate, the story of Missouri’s new gas tax refund should...
LIHTC Pilot Finds Permanence
Missouri’s low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) program is bad, but is it getting better? Earlier this year I wrote about...
A Property Tax Increase for Ladue?
The City of Ladue is asking voters to approve a property tax increase on November 2. It costs money to...
St. Louis County Needs Federal Dollars to Stay Afloat
A recent article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is asking the St....
If You Can’t Measure It, You Can’t Improve It
Some things are hard to face—the scale, your checking account balance—but ignoring them doesn’t make problems magically go away. The...
Policy Lunch: Missouri School Rankings Project (St. Louis)
Missouri schools are failing to teach the core subjects of reading and math, and the most recent test scores show that students...
A Policy Scare Story: TIF
Ghosts and chainsaws can be scary, but is there anything scarier than the misuse of tax dollars? Okay, maybe that’s...
We Ranked Every Public School in Missouri
Find your school: moschoolrankings.org Dr. Susan Pendergrass joined The Tim Jones and Chris Arps Show on NewsTalkSTL to discuss MoSchoolRankings.org. The...
