MSA Growth in Missouri
The start of a new year is a great time to reflect on the past and make resolutions for the...
Five New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Missouri is considered one of the most “conservative” of the 50...
Gas Taxes Around the States
Raising enough money to take care of Missouri’s roads has been a challenge. As I’ve written before, the Missouri Department...
Greater St. Louis 2030 Plan Scant on Transportation Funding Mechanisms
The first report from the new civic organization Greater St. Louis, Inc. heralds Missouri’s transportation sector as a key to...
Missouri Auditor’s Office Should Require Muni Checkbook Transparency
For the last couple years, Show-Me Institute writers have led the way on investigating transparency problems in Missouri government. If...
Legislator Training Resource Page – Education Choice in Missouri
Watch the recorded program here PROGRAM AGENDA Program Open Dr. Susan Pendergrass – Director of Research and Education Policy at...
Kansas City’s Dubious COVID Orders Prompt Lawsuit
The decisions reached by policymakers should be based on the facts and grounded in a rational approach to achieving their...
New Report on Federal Relief Funds in Missouri
Are Missouri politicians the rare breed that don’t spend money when it’s handed to them . . . or are...
In-Person Learning during the Pandemic (Part 2 of 2)
In my last post, I explained why school districts have had such a hard time making adjustments to accommodate in-person...
Now Is Not the Time for Higher Taxes
With Missouri’s next legislative session set to begin in a few weeks, it’s time to start discussing some of the...
SMI Podcast: Charter Schools ARE Public Schools – Ron Rice
Dr. Susan Pendergrass is joined by Ron Rice,Senior Director at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, to discuss the...
We Need Actions, Not Words
Greater St. Louis Inc. has just released the results of its year of discussions with community members about how to...
Where Are the Kindergartners?
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on December 8, 2020. According to enrollment counts taken...
WATCH: A Virtual Town Hall on a Blueprint for Missouri
The Show-Me Institute’s 2021 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 15 policy ideas covering issues ranging from education to health care, from public...
The Cost of Not Maintaining the Roads
Readers of this blog have seen me write before about the Missouri Department of Transportation’s (MoDOT) estimate that roughly $745...
Missouri Shouldn’t Make Arizona’s Tax Mistake
Arizona voters recently approved a proposition to impose a 3.5 percent surtax on high-income individuals and joint filers to increase...
The Problem with Regulatory Capture
Earlier this year, Missouri took a huge step forward by allowing licensing reciprocity. But there are still problems with occupational...
It’s Time to Act
We are facing an educational crisis that we know very little about. Research tells us that the “summer slide” is...
An Ever-changing Landscape
This fall, Missouri public school districts scrambled to create plans to deliver education to families that needed virtual instruction and...
Virtual Town Hall: A Blueprint for Missouri
Join us on Tuesday, December 8 at 11:00 AM as Show-Me Institute researchers unveil the 2021 Blueprint for Missouri during...
