Don’t Repeat Mistakes from the 2009 Stimulus
Missouri has a rocky history when it comes to transparency and federal relief. A 2011 audit of how Missouri spent...
Federal Stimulus Money in Missouri: What We Know So Far
With the federal government handing out trillions of dollars in “stimulus” money (I would call it relief funds), you might...
Census Estimates Show St. Louis Population Falling . . . Again
While the world is facing a whole new set of problems with the COVID-19 crisis, the city of St. Louis...
Government Sues Government over Government’s Common-Sense Decision
Truth is stranger than fiction. The Post-Dispatch recently reported that the City of Maryland Heights is suing the St. Louis...
On Government Union Reforms, Present and Future
Although it (surprisingly) hasn’t made much news since, late last month a St. Louis County district court granted summary judgment...
Patrick Tuohey on KTRS
How much money should a municipality be allowed to make from fees and fines? This morning, SMI’s Patrick Tuohey joined...
Beating A Dead Trolley
A plan to keep the Trolley running for four more years under Metro’s guidance received no supporting votes during a...
Reining in Missouri’s Municipalities
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Attorney General is asking to be allowed to enforce portions of a...
A Win for Economic Development Sanity
There isn’t enough good news about economic development policy in Missouri. But a recent vote in Maryland Heights, just outside...
Highest and Lowest Spending Schools in the St. Louis Area
When Congress updated No Child Left Behind (NCLB) with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015, many hailed the...
A Day Late and $90,000 Short
Despite dire financial trouble and warnings that it may be forced to cease operations this month, it now appears that...
A Field of Subsidies
If at first you don’t succeed, get more government help. That seems to be the mantra of Missouri developers and...
A Moonshot of Mistakes: Missouri’s Missing Million
When the United States put a man on the moon in 1969, the state of Missouri was the 13th largest...
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....
Pay to Play in Education
While Missourians clutch their pearls and are scandalized to find out that people with the means to simply pay for...
St. Louis County Council Ethics Committee Issues Stinging Rebuke of County Executive
Jeremy Kohler of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported last month on a St. Louis County ethics committee report investigating county...
St. Louis Is Failing, and It Has Only Its Government to Blame
Last month the U.S. Census Bureau found that St. Louis had, once again, shrunk in population over the last year....
Education Savings Accounts and Available Seats in Private Schools
Missouri has a lot of private schools—more than 600. Most of these schools, like their public school counterparts, are operating...
Is This How Trust Is Regained?
After voters rejected implementing a local use tax in November, the Columbia City Council made it their mission to win...
Brenda Talent Discusses Saint Louis County Budget on KETC’s Donnybrook
On December 21, Show-Me Institute CEO Brenda Talent appeared on Saint Louis Public Television’s Donnybrook to discuss cuts to Saint Louis County’s budget,...
