Springfield Should Eliminate Its Economic Development Agencies
A version of this commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. In July 2010, Missouri politicians joined the state’s economic development...
Is the Purpose of Education to Prepare Students for Jobs?
What is the purpose of public education? If you agree with Missouri Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe, you’d say the purpose...
Riding to the Hounds of Corporate Welfare
Oscar Wilde famously defined foxhunting as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.” His quip aptly describes a sport...
Missouri’s Conservatives: Resolved to be Irresolute
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: Winston Churchill chided the British government for inaction at a time of growing...
Michigan’s Mamtek: Yet Another Reason Missouri Should Abandon Film Tax Credits
Apparently Missouri representatives failed to show at the annual Association of Film Commissioners International Show in Los Angeles. Jerry Berger...
The Gateway City, The ‘Possibility City,’ And Hope For The Future
The guard is changing at Saint Louis’ regional chamber of commerce, the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA)....
Oh Well, It Will Be A Thin Report: The Mamtek Hearings
A Missouri House committee heard testimony Wednesday from the soon-to-be former director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED),...
The Not-So-Special Session: Lessons Learned From a Public Policy Viewpoint
Talk about laying an egg! Missouri lawmakers are going home at the end of the 50-day special session of the...
A Victory for Missouri Taxpayers
The Missouri General Assembly has finally adjourned its special session without creating $360 million in new tax credit programs. This is great...
Risky Business
In 2006, Indiana leased its 157-mile toll road to private investors for a $3.8 billion lump sum payment. The lease...
Just How Many Mamteks Are There?
After learning about the tax credit failure in Moberly that may cost the city millions, a TV station in Kirksville...
The Moberly Mirror: Pressured For Asking Too Many Questions About Tax Handouts
A Show-Me Institute supporter contacted me last week to relay the story of the Moberly Mirror, a small newspaper that...
China Law Blog on Mamtek: “[T]here are some lessons to be learned”
Looks like the Mamtek story that Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding wrote about on Friday is already getting some...
A Bidding War Where Everyone Loses
The Kansas City Star reports today that AMC Entertainment is leaving Missouri for the state of Kansas, in part due...
Private-Sector Investment Could Build Innovative Urban Corridor
The Show-Me Institute recently published a case study by Jerome J. Day that takes an expansive look at transportation infrastructure...
“Doesn’t Anybody Notice This? I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!”
According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the Missouri state government just doled out $17 million in state funds to...
