“Just Let Me Write the Definitions”
In The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s legendary biography of Robert Moses, Caro describes how Moses was fully capable of getting...
No, California’s Minimum Wage Hike Did Not Create Jobs
Despite the November 5 vote approving Proposition A (a measure that will raise Missouri’s minimum wage and mandate paid sick...
Court Fee Increase Would Negatively Impact St. Louis County
A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Among the many things that Missourians will vote on...
Looking For Bureaucratic Efficiencies in All the Wrong Places
There is a famous joke about the State Department. Whenever a president asks the State Department for options on a...
Missouri Supreme Court Revives Medicaid Expansion
The Missouri Supreme Court has weighed in on Medicaid expansion. The court determined the state’s initiative petition to expand Medicaid...
Podcast: Wayfair is Signed, More Sunshine and Nearly $2 Billion for Education
David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, Patrick Ishamel and Susan Pendergrass join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the recently signed online sales tax...
Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Expansion
Last week, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem struck down Medicaid expansion, ruling that the initiative approved by voters last...
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...
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That Crazy CID Vote in Columbia Goes Back to Court
Back in 2015, the Columbia Daily Tribune reported that a proposed Community Improvement District (CID) in Columbia was drawn to...
Missouri to End Debtors Prisons
Working in public policy rarely allows for complete, unadulterated wins. But the Missouri Supreme Court’s decision in Missouri v Richey...
Show-Me Institute Issues Brief Regarding “Pay to Stay”
Recently the Columbia Missourian ran a story about jail bond bills—payments that defendants are required to make to cover their...
What Does It Mean for the State to “Underfund” Education?
A new budget proposal from Rep. Scott Fitzpatrick (R-Shell Knob) would fully fund Missouri’s foundation formula for K-12 education for...
The Never-Ending School Finance Wars
Just like school years come and go and spring fades into summer, controversy over how we fund our schools has...
Courts Should Avoid Setting Policy in Columbia Schools
The Columbia Public School District (CPS) and the union representing teachers in the district, the Columbia Missouri National Education Association (CMNEA),...
Video: Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools
In June of 2013, the Missouri Supreme Court upheld a state law that allowed students in unaccredited school districts...
Paper Release-Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools: Burden or Boon?
Today, the Show-Me Institute is releasing my latest paper, “Interdistrict Choice for Students in Failing Schools: Burden or Boon?” The...
Show-Me Forum: Government Unions: Restoring Accountability
In 2007, the Missouri Supreme Court threw out 60 years of precedent when it decided that the constitution creates collective...
A Primer on Government Unions
From the 2011 Wisconsin Capitol protests to Illinois’ recent executive order banning agency fees for state workers, government labor relations are...
Teachers’ Union Gets Collective Bargaining Wrong
Last week someone forwarded me this pamphlet from the Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) on collective bargaining for teachers. It’s...
Normandy Transfer: An Evolving Story
After Friday’s decision by Judge Michael Burton that Francis Howell, Ritenour, and Pattonville School Districts would have to accept Normandy...
