Fall 2018 Internships
The Show-Me Institute is pleased to offer internship opportunities for Fall 2018. Internships are open to current undergraduate and graduate...
How and Why Prop A Will Boost Jobs and Growth
Outside of Missouri, the most closely watched contest in the Aug. 7 elections here will not be any of the...
If Business Owners Want a More Skilled Workforce, They Shouldn’t Forget about Charter Schools
Last week in Columbia, business and education stakeholders expressed their concerns over the preparedness of Missouri’s future workers. As part...
How Well Are Missouri Cities Run?
Not so well, according to the personal finance website WalletHub in their “2018’s Best- & Worst-Run Cities in America” article....
Another Study Is Just What St. Louis Doesn’t Need
Kicking bad habits can be tough. When you know you’re doing something that’s bad for you, planning to quit is...
City Chooses Highest Bidder to Conduct Economic Development Analysis
While we wait for the city’s report on economic development incentives, over a year late at this point, we thought...
Taxpayer Largesse Unnecessary, Wasteful in U City Development
University City officials seem far too eager to give away taxpayer dollars to developers who are hardly in need of...
Where Is That City Report on Economic Development?
Are economic development incentives worthwhile? Abundant research from all over the country says they are not. Kansas City leaders disagree,...
The Most Unkindest Tax of All
We’ve written a great deal about the various forms of taxation in Missouri. Some taxes are too high, some may...
A Drought of Our Own Making
Can we call a place a desert if we refuse to let water in? The Fordham Institute recently released an...
A Retirement House of Cards
In a recent blog post about the state of affairs in a couple of Missouri state pension funds, we pointed...
Sunshine in Atlanta
Earlier this month Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the launching of the city’s own municipal checkbook in order to...
Public Employee Pensions: Time to Get Our Heads Out of the Sand
Andrew Biggs’ Show-Me Institute essay on the current condition of the Missouri State Employees Retirement System (MOSERS) demonstrates that, like...
Innovation Brings Hope for Teacher Pensions
The city teacher retirement plans in Missouri are in trouble. There’s a solid chance that the Kansas City Public Schools...
Do Kentucky Teachers Even Know Why They’re Protesting?
Kentucky public school teachers are right to be worried about their retirement benefits. According to the Kentucky Teacher Retirement System’s...
Cities May Actually Be the Culprit in Underfunding Schools
Education funding is a hot topic in several states, with lawsuits alleging that state governments are failing to meet their...
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....
School Options and the Rise and Fall of Cities
It’s a problem that plagues many U.S. cities: How can we make sure that all families have access to a...
A Plague on Both Your Tax Credits!
Economic development tax credits that, whatever their intended purpose, enrich a few at the cost of the many are simply...
Will Springfield School District Become the Next Kansas City or St. Louis?
At around 25,000 students, the Springfield Public Schools is currently the largest district in Missouri. Just 20 years ago, the...
