A Tired Tale of Incentives
According to an article from the St. Louis Business Journal, the developers behind the Iron Hill complex (a 14-acre development...
Uh Oh: Are Medicaid Expansion Savings Built on False Promises?
Supporters of expanding Medicaid in Missouri argue that expansion will save the state money. Washington University and the Missouri Budget...
Good News on Housing Affordability in Missouri
Forget the Academy Awards, the 16th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey has just been released! It has some great...
The City-County Line Remains a Barrier to a Good Education
KSDK has a great interview with Chester Asher, CEO of Northside Community School, a charter school in St. Louis. Northside...
Another Way to Create Options
There’s a wide variety of ways to offer school choice to students. Unfortunately, Missouri only permits a narrow and limited...
Occupational Licensing Reform Could Save the State Money
The Missouri Legislature is currently considering bills that could change how the state deals with occupational licensing. Allowing people to...
Reining in Missouri’s Municipalities
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Attorney General is asking to be allowed to enforce portions of a...
If Believing in Explicit Phonics Instruction Makes Me Weird, So Be It
When financial guru Dave Ramsey takes a call on his radio program from a young couple who have paid off...
The Myth of “Free” Medicaid Expansion
How do you pull the wool over taxpayers’ eyes in making a financial obligation totaling more than $2 billion disappear...
A Taxing Endeavor
Here’s some good news for those who think user fees are the best way to fund Missouri’s transportation needs. Several...
Renewable Energy: Too Much of a Good Thing?
Since the Green New Deal became mainstream news a year ago, calls for more and more renewable energy have multiplied,...
Workforce Development for Rural Missouri
Workforce development is a hot topic in Missouri right now. The governor deemed the issue important enough to give it...
Occupational Licensing Reform Is on the Move
Today, the Missouri House passed two pieces of occupational licensing legislation. Both are worthwhile, but one would make Missouri a...
New Path to Medicaid Block Grants
Today, the federal government released long-awaited guidance for states interested in block granting federal Medicaid funding. This marks a significant...
Stop the Charade: Public Schools Are Not Value Neutral
In a recent article on the front page of the New York Times, Dana Goldstein explained how textbook companies selectively...
They’re Back! Film Tax Credits Haunt the Missouri Legislature
Like a horror film bogeyman, legislation creating film tax credits is back! Both HB2027 and HB1767 attempt to set up...
Prop 13 Comes to Missouri
California’s Proposition 13 was enacted in 1978 as a reaction against high property taxes and some dramatic increases in tax...
Words Matter
Have you ever seen a word that you use all the time without thinking about it and paused to consider...
Dear User Fees: What’s Your Greatest Strength?
Show-Me Institute analysts have written for years on the benefits of user fees in funding a transportation system. User fees...
Medicaid’s Value Problem
Missouri’s Medicaid program is getting a poor return on each taxpayer dollar, and that is a serious problem. A report...
