What the Government Shutdown Was Really About with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to explain...
Four-Day School Week Votes and School Choice in Missouri
The four-day school week (4dsw) has become quite popular in the Show-Me State. More than 180 of our state’s 518...
What the Media Gets Wrong About School Choice with Matthew Ladner
Susan Pendergrass talks with Matthew Ladner, senior advisor for education policy implementation at the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Education Policy,...
The Testing Bogeyman Is Alive and Well in Missouri
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. If we believe it’s essential for schools to teach...
Missouri Must Do Better at Controlling Spending
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. Elections and inaugurations are a time for reflection and...
As Legislature Returns, Whose Priorities Will Take Priority?
Happy New Year! After a lackluster 2023 legislative session, hope springs eternal for 2024 as the Missouri Legislature returns to...
Federal Lawmakers to Consider (Longshot) Income Tax Repeal Bill
It’s tax season—that magical time of the year when we revisit our past year of income and find out whether...
Parents’ Bill of Rights Heads to Senate Vote, But Obstacles Remain
Yesterday I testified before the Senate Education Committee on House Bill (HB) 1858, a parents’ bill of rights that we’ve...
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...
No, Low-Income Housing Tax Credits Aren’t Effective
Sometimes it seems as if politicians can always find a justification for spending more taxpayer dollars. Despite numerous academic studies...
Will There Be a Cease-fire in Kansas City’s Economic “Border War”?
That’s the billion-dollar question that legislators on both sides of State Line Road are asking themselves. Show-Me Institute researchers have...
Let Georgia Keep Paying to Promote Missouri
Last year I wrote about how Georgia taxpayers were effectively subsidizing Missouri by offering tax credits to produce Netflix’s show,...
Wisconsin’s Foxconn Deal is Bad Public Policy
President Trump is heralding the news that a Taiwanese high-tech manufacturer is building a factory in Wisconsin. For him, it...
Who Runs the KCPD?
Mayors in Kansas City long have complained about a lack of control over the police department. But the truth is...
Tax Cuts And Jobs Act Passes
As its details became clearer, we talked a lot over the least few weeks about the policy ideas that underpin...
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?
A recent Washington Post article making the rounds on social media claims that there are widespread teacher shortages across the...
The School Choice Barrier from the State of Maine
We often complain about the rancor in politics these days, but politics has always been filled with acrimony and bitterness....
Session Notes: ESAs Clear the Senate!
Yesterday afternoon, the Missouri Senate passed Senate Bill 313, which would create a $25 million tax-credit-funded education savings account (ESA)...
Hairbraiding Bill Advances in the House
Over the last year we’ve talked a lot about the fight to liberalize licensing requirements for a host of professions,...
Right to Try Becomes a National Issue
In 2014, Missouri became the third state to enact a Right to Try law. The legislation, pioneered by the Goldwater...
