In St. Louis County, Who Will Audit the Auditors?
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When one thinks of no-show political jobs in Missouri government,...
For More Affordable Housing We Need More Housing, Period
St. Louis, at least relative to other cities, is not facing a housing affordability crisis. In fact, a 2024 study...
How Can We Serve All Students Well?
Public schools serve all students. This idea leads to one of the most common criticisms of school choice programs—that these...
SMI Podcast: A Playbook for Public Safety with Hannah E. Meyers
On this episode of the podcast, Susan Pendergrass is joined by Hannah E. Meyers. They discuss what cities can do...
Local Wind Farm Project Highlights Electricity Generation Tradeoffs
The cancelation of a wind farm project in Barry County highlights the tradeoffs involved in green energy. The power producer...
Good News on Housing Affordability in Missouri
Forget the Academy Awards, the 16th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey has just been released! It has some great...
The Myth of “Free” Medicaid Expansion
How do you pull the wool over taxpayers’ eyes in making a financial obligation totaling more than $2 billion disappear...
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...
The Tax Burden in Kansas City Is High
On Ruckus the other day, panelist Woody Cozad mentioned that taxes in Kansas City are high. He’s right. My colleague...
Tax Reform and Tax Hypocrisy
Conservatives have long argued that taxes matter. Sure, they matter, progressives have countered – if all you care about is...
Speakers Series on Economic Policy: The Success Academy Experience and Lessons Learned
Eva Moskowitz founded Success Academy Charter Schools in 2006. Over the past ten years, Success has become the largest network...
Report: Saint Louis, Kansas City *Not* Among Most Cost-Friendly Cities for Business
Recently, the Post-Dispatch prominently published an article claiming that, “St. Louis is among the top 10 most cost-friendly cities to...
Comparing Teacher Pay by State Offers Heat, but Little Light
I’m going to tell you something you already know: Teacher salaries are higher in Saint Louis and Kansas City than...
Let’s Talk about the ACT
At first glance, this year’s ACT results in Missouri might give cause for optimism, but a little more digging shows...
Opt Out? Or Opt In to Other Accountability Measures
The release of the scores from the 2015 MAP test a few weeks ago has brought with it new discussion...
Ditching City Hall: A Kansas City Development Story
Kansas City has a low population density for a city its size. How low? According to the Census Bureau, Kansas...
Kansas City to Take a Hard Look at How It Provides Services
According to the Reason Foundation, New York Governor Mario Cuomo said about privatization, “It is not a government’s obligation to...
Vacancy, Legitimated
According to the United States Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the city of Saint Louis has an estimated 21.5-percent residential...
Changing the School Lunch Menu
The University of Missouri Extension isn’t alone in promoting food ideologies to students. This article about school food in Southampton,...
Snail Mail Payouts
In an effort to cut expenses, the U.S. Postal Service is offering to pay employees to retire or resign by...
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