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Why Missouri Needs Universal Open Enrollment

Why Missouri Needs Universal Open Enrollment

Jun 25, 2025

Missouri parents deserve real choices when it comes to their children’s education. Open enrollment—the ability for students to attend a...

Missouri Must Do Better at Controlling Spending

Missouri Must Do Better at Controlling Spending

Jan 27, 2025

A version of the following commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. Elections and inaugurations are a time for reflection and...

Missouri Nearly Fails Cato’s Test

Missouri Nearly Fails Cato’s Test

Oct 24, 2024

Missouri’s government spending is out of control, and a new report from the Cato Institute, a free-market think in Washington,...

Missouri Becomes an Education Island

Missouri Becomes an Education Island

Jun 13, 2023

A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Missourian. How would your family feel if your entire neighborhood had 5G...

The Kansas City Star Is Right

The Kansas City Star Is Right

May 18, 2022

A recent Kansas City Star piece excoriated the Missouri Senate for its behavior and failure in the recently concluded legislative...

Additional Opportunities in Occupational Licensing

Additional Opportunities in Occupational Licensing

Jul 27, 2021

Occupational licensing has boomed in the last few decades. Today, one in three people needs an occupational license to work....

MSA Growth in Missouri

MSA Growth in Missouri

Jan 11, 2021

The start of a new year is a great time to reflect on the past and make resolutions for the...

Gas Taxes Around the States

Gas Taxes Around the States

Jan 8, 2021

Raising enough money to take care of Missouri’s roads has been a challenge. As I’ve written before, the Missouri Department...

Not So Fast, Public School Districts

Not So Fast, Public School Districts

Aug 17, 2020

And so it begins. School districts are announcing their plans for how they will reopen, and the protests have begun. Parents in Rockwood, Missouri...

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