New Year, New Sales Taxes
By now it shouldn’t surprise us. As we head into the new year, governments across Missouri are getting ready to...
Kansas City and St. Louis Increasingly in Debt
In June 2013, the Show-Me Institute published a paper comparing St. Louis and Kansas City’s expenses with six peer cities....
Missouri’s Biggest Cities Spend $100 Million Annually Just to Give Away Money!
An excellent story in the St. Louis Business Journal points out that according to a recent study by the Milken...
Sorry, Non-KC Residents . . . The Star Doesn’t Care for Your Opinion
It should be no surprise that people living outside the city limits of Kansas City and St. Louis are interested...
How Not to Study Economic Development Incentives
Economic development incentives are all the rage. And they aren’t all multi-billion-dollar packages to attract a new Amazon headquarters. Many...
You Gotta Spend Money to… Spend Money?
We’ve all heard the phrase, “you have to spend money to make money.” Thanks to some reporting by Brian Robbins...
Tony Messenger on St. Louis Soccer Stadium
If you aren’t a regular reader of Tony Messenger’s column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, please take a moment to...
Billboards, Moving Vans, and School Choice
Wait, what? One of the largest local school districts in St. Louis is buying billboards, sending mailers, and making videos...
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
On November 19, the Missouri State Board of Education met in a closed session to determine who would be selected...
Have You Got a Permit for that Trolley?
After years of delays and rising costs, the $51 million-dollar Loop Trolley finally opened to the public on Friday. However,...
Spring 2019 Internships
The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Spring 2019. Internships are open to current undergraduate and graduate...
Is This Really the Least Bad Deal to Build a Soccer Stadium?
My colleague Graham Renz wrote often about how the 2017 proposal for St. Louis taxpayers to subsidize a soccer stadium...
Opportunities Abound in Private School Choice
First impressions are hard to overcome. This is true of people and of policies. For years, school choice has been...
How Can Missouri Support Students with Special Needs? Find Out.
In November, the Show-Me Institute will host two events on Bryce’s Law. Haven’t heard of it? Don’t worry, few have—and...
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...
Missouri Tax Credit Program Halted for Now
On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson made two appointments to the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the body in charge of awarding...
Higher Taxes = Less Innovation
When researchers at the Show-Me Institute argue that high tax burdens encourage people to leave Kansas City and St. Louis,...
Kansas City Incentive Study Misses Opportunity
Kansas City recently released a study of its economic development incentive programs. Unfortunately, rather than a rigorous examination of the...
Brenda Talent Joins Donnybrook to Discuss LouFest Cancellation, Circuit Attorney’s “Exclusion List”
On September 6, Show-Me Institute CEO Brenda Talent appeared on KETC’s Donnybrook to discuss the cancelation of Loufest, the anonymous New...
St. Louis Airport Privatization Documents
Last year, the City of St. Louis applied to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to relinquish St. Louis Lambert Airport...
