Who’s Afraid of Charter Schools?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board wrote a fearmongering editorial about charter schools becoming a potential option for suburban parents....
The Hidden Cost of Medicaid
Medicaid continues to consume a greater portion of Missouri’s budget, and the costs may be even higher than advertised. As...
Free Your City and the Growth Will Follow
One of the difficult things about public policy is convincing policymakers that they really don’t need to “do something” to...
Transparency Measure Passes State House; Attention Moves to Senate
If municipalities can levy taxes, then taxpayers should be able to see exactly how that money is being spent. That...
Welcome to the Club, New Mexico!
After years of positive reforms that seek to improve one of the lowest performing school systems in the nation, New...
Municipal Checkbook Legislation Perfected in the House
The movement toward greater spending transparency in Missouri local government reached a milestone this week. A law requiring cities to...
Arizona is Pushing Universal Licensing? Yes Please!
If you’re licensed to fix hair, or fix plumbing, or fix ankles in another state, it’s sort of silly that...
IRCs Open the Door to Career Opportunities
Imagine you spent much of high school in a career and technical education (CTE) program, mastering the skills you’ll need...
The Majority of Kansas City Families Choose Their Child’s School
The data are in. The families of Kansas City have made their intentions clear by voting with their feet. They...
Missouri Should Be Measuring Intergenerational Poverty, but How We Do It Matters
Recently, legislation was introduced that would require a study by the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) to measure intergenerational...
Missouri to End Debtors Prisons
Working in public policy rarely allows for complete, unadulterated wins. But the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in Missouri v Richey...
Baltimores on the Missouri?
At a recent conference on municipal policy, I had the opportunity to reflect on Baltimore, Maryland. Certainly Charm City has...
Just the Facts: Income Taxes Are Destructive to Growth
The debate over whether state legislators should hike taxes on Missourians this year is ramping up in the state Senate....
Charter Schools Outperform in Indianapolis
In Missouri, because of the narrow availability of school choice, you have to be lucky to have access to charter...
What It Would Take to Bring Green Energy to Kingdom City, Missouri?
“We reason from the hand to the head,” Henry David Thoreau wrote, pointing out how a simple example drawn from...
Follow-up on Kansas City Population Trends
The other day we published a post about some Brookings Institution data suggesting the Kansas City was doing well with...
Some Promising Numbers About Millennials in Kansas City. Maybe.
William Frey of the Brookings Institution just published a report entitled “How migration of millennials and seniors has shifted...
Springfield’s Convention Dream
Private consultants have determined that Springfield, Missouri is on the cusp of attracting a great deal of new convention business....
States with School Choice Reap the Benefits
Kelly Clarkson says that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and I believe her. You know who doesn’t believe...
An ESA Program Could Be a Financial Boon
Nationwide, there are over ten Education Saving Accounts (ESA) expansion bills in current state legislative sessions, and Tennessee may soon...
