Charter Schools Are Working in Kansas City
Charter schools are making strides across the nation, and Kansas City’s own charter schools are no exception. New research from...
Up and Up: Sales Taxes Across the State
Making long-term projections can be tricky business, but figuring out where sales taxes across the state are going is straightforward:...
A Field of Subsidies
If at first you don’t succeed, get more government help. That seems to be the mantra of Missouri developers and...
A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action
A little less conversation, a little more action All this aggravation ain’t satisfactionin’ me A little more bite and a...
Rebecca Roeber, R.I.P
State Representative Rebecca Roeber passed away Monday night after a long and painful recovery from a brutal car accident this...
Taxes for Thee, But Not for Me (Part 2)
Over two years ago, Show-Me published a piece about how Missouri corporations such as Burns & McDonnell advocate for higher...
Show-Me . . . Lots of Bad Government?
When you clean the house as things warm up in the spring, you often find things—dust bunnies and other unsavory...
Mission (not) Accomplished
I knew it might be too good to be true. During the 2018 legislative session, lawmakers passed and the governor...
CID, TDD Collections Jump by More than $13 Million
Missourians pay far more taxes than they think they do. Because of special taxing districts like community improvement districts (CID)...
How Strange: Private Money for Public Good
When our blog posts are plastered with discussions of public money for private gain, recent news regarding the Rock Island...
It’s Time for Missouri to Embrace Innovation in Education
Missouri is one of 13 states without any statewide programs to promote Next Generation Learning (a term coined by the...
Public Education Is More Important Than Tourism
Having worked in education reform for more than twenty years, I’ve often found myself in a familiar debate about public...
Pennsylvania is Reducing Licensing Barriers. Why Doesn’t Missouri?
Following in Arizona’s footsteps, Pennsylvania enacted an occupational licensing reciprocity law on July 1. This means Pennsylvania will accept occupational...
Special Taxing District Map Now Available
Missourians have a new tool to track the state’s numerous special sales tax districts. Last week, Missouri’s Department of Revenue...
Student Loan Forgiveness Isn’t Education Policy
Yes, we have a student loan debt crisis. And it’s growing. In Missouri, 58 percent of 2017 college graduates had...
Many Missourians Are Moving . . . To Missouri
If you live in a rural community in Missouri and it feels like your neighbors are moving away, you might...
Band-Aids Can’t Fix the LIHTC
On last week’s Politically Speaking podcast, State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick indicated the governor would stick to his pledge of not...
Mississippi Does What Missouri Won’t for Students with Disabilities
Hundreds of students with disabilities in Mississippi have a much-needed opportunity: the option to choose a school that serves their...
What Does the Research Say about Earning Industry-Recognized Credentials?
As we learn more about the effects of industry-recognized credentials (IRC) for high schoolers, the more impressive these credentials appear...
USDA Moves to Kansas City, Gets Incentives
Alex Muresianu of Reason wrote recently about the USDA moving 550 positions from the Washington, D.C. area to the Kansas...
