The More You Know
If your child is transitioning from middle to high school this fall, you might be wondering how many students at...
Is Turo a “Motor Vehicle Leasing Company”?
We’re still a few months from the legislative session, but it’s becoming clear that one hot topic in 2020 will...
Is Missouri Discouraging Business Investment?
The Tax Foundation just released a publication urging states to continue reforming taxes on tangible personal property (TPP). This is...
But How Will They Get to School?
A common point of resistance to school choice programs is figuring out how to make sure that each student has...
We’re on the Road to Nowhere . . .
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released preliminary test scores for the 2018–19 school year. And for...
Missouri’s Report Card and ESSA Requirements
Event Details: Missouri has spent more than $6 billion in 2019 on public education. Do we know what we are...
Hoping for the Best with the Internet Sales Tax
Last year Show-Me Institute writers discussed the possibility of Missouri imposing a new tax for online purchases, but there was...
Missouri Is Missing Out on Innovative Education Opportunities
Homeschooling is often seen as a way for parents to remove their child from a public education they don’t agree...
St. Louis’s Ridiculously High Sales Taxes
It is often claimed that Missouri is a low-tax state (which it is not), but it is painfully clear that...
Here Is Where LIHTCs Go
Since its introduction in 1996, Missouri’s Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) has been the state’s primary tool for incentivizing the...
The Entirely Predictable Failure of Sports Teams Subsidies
The River City Rascals are taking their ball and going home. This was not entirely surprising as the team was...
Bring the Free Market to College Athletics
Popular video game developer EA Sports has recently hinted at a return of its cult-classic game, NCAA Football. The game...
The Myth of Supposed Market Failures
Markets are said to be failing when supply doesn’t respond to demand—like a beachside shop refusing to sell sunscreen. When...
St. Louis Blight Authority: Philanthropy Might Provide What Markets Cannot
St. Louis has many serious problems. One is the city’s downwardly spiraling population, which has been in decline for decades....
Port KC Versus Taxpayers
Steve Vockrodt over at The Kansas City Star has a story about Google wanting to invest $600 million in a...
Eighty-Three Special Taxing Districts Opted Out of Tax-Free Weekend
During the season of back-to-school chaos that thousands of Missouri families face each year, the state in recent years has...
Patrick Tuohey on KCPT’s Ruckus
On Thursday, August 8, Patrick Tuohey joined the Ruckus panel to discuss the Jackson County property tax assessment controversy, the...
We Could Give Teachers a Ten Percent Raise Next Year
In a recent op-ed, I asked, “Why do our best superintendents always leave?” The answer was obvious—the pension system. After...
Medicaid’s Long-Term Problem
The United States’ population is getting older, and that’s a troubling sign for Missouri’s Medicaid program. Next year’s Medicaid budget...
Missouri’s School District Accreditation Doesn’t Help Students
When the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) says 99 percent of districts are fully accredited and doing just...
