Let’s Get Real (Time Pricing)
Missouri’s electricity market does not include many free-market principles. Incorporating them has the potential to save customers money. Electricity prices...
KCMO Vs KCK: Aaron Renn Joins the Show-Me Institute Podcast
On the most recent Show-Me Institute podcast, Dr. Susan Pendergrass is joined by Aaron Renn and Patrick Tuohey. They discuss...
Missouri Barely Managed Distance Learning. Here’s Why
Technology perpetually changes the way education is delivered. COVID-19 has accelerated a lot of these changes, with schools scrambling to...
Teachers Should Do Their Homework on the CARES Act
A petition, signed by over 20,000 educators, has been circulating on Facebook and other social media websites. It claims that the...
Districts Denied Once Again
Unfortunately, it seems unlikely we’ll get reform for community improvement districts (CIDs) and transportation development districts (TDDs) this year. The...
Call it What it is: Medicaid Expansion
Supporters of Medicaid expansion have long played loose with the facts of the program, and this year is no exception. Earlier this year,...
Missouri Medicaid Division Confirms Expansion Will Break Budget
Medicaid expansion was never going to be “free” for Missouri, and now we have even more evidence that expansion would be...
Unfairness in Missouri Teacher Pension System
What is fair? It is sometimes a hard concept to grasp. As a first-grade teacher, I constantly heard students say...
Other States Are Deregulating. Missouri Should Too
The COVID-19 crisis has led to rules and regulations being relaxed or even temporarily eliminated in states across the country....
Parma Scandal Affirms: Mandatory Muni Checkbook Transparency Needed Now
The Missouri State Auditor’s Office has started July off with a bang, publishing an audit of Parma, Missouri, which found...
What Do Parents Want This Fall?
In these uncertain times, few things are certain. But one thing we do know for certain is that parents are...
Harsh Trade-offs with Medicaid Expansion
Medicaid is breaking Missouri’s budget, and expanding the program would only make things worse. Every additional dollar Missouri spends on...
SCOTUS Delivers Key School Choice Victory
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the case of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue....
Missouri Needs a Special Legislative Session
Thanks to COVID-19, Missouri policymakers still have legislative work to do before the year is out. From protecting patients to...
Dear Mr. President: No More State and Local Bailouts
The Show-Me Institute isn’t typically one to join “coalitions” or issue open letters to officials, but the public debate on...
There Oughta Be A Law: If Walmart is Essential, Small Retailers Are Too
As the coronavirus pandemic accelerated this spring, governments across the country clamped down dramatically on businesses and associations of all...
Missouri Needs Education Leadership Now More Than Ever
The past spring, much of Missouri turned into an education desert of homework packets, learning “opportunities,” and optional enrichment suggestions...
About That Border War Truce . . .
Last fall, there was much rejoicing about the effort by Missouri Governor Mike Parson and Kansas Governor Laura Kelly to...
Attention Parents
Currently, Section 161.670 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri (part of a course access law passed in 2018) requires that parents of...
What Type of Education Will Parents Want in the Fall?
Recent polling has found that parents are considering different options for their children for this coming school year. Due to...
