SNAP Back to Reality
Medicaid wasn’t the only welfare program that received significant reforms in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The Supplemental Nutrition...
Missouri is Shrinking
In each decade of the past 50 years, Missouri’s population growth has failed to keep pace with the nation. From...
House Voting on Corporate Income Taxes
Recently, the Missouri House passed a bill—House Bill (HB) 2274—that would gradually repeal the corporate income tax. HB 2274 would...
“Tax-Free Weekend” Underscores Importance of Sound, Stable and Uniform Tax Policies
My colleague David Stokes has been in the news in recent weeks as one of a handful of vocal (and...
The Case Against Rebooting Film Tax Credits in Missouri
In 2013, Missouri ended its film tax credit program. Now there’s legislation moving in Jefferson City to revive the failed...
Lawmakers Should Replenish Unemployment Insurance by April 1st
The Show-Me Institute recently released a guide for spending Missouri’s stimulus money that emphasizes growing the economy, not the government....
State Business Tax Climate Ranking
Missouri ranks 13th in the Tax Foundation’s “2022 State Business Tax Climate Index,” down two spots from last year. This...
New Research Highlights Need to Modernize Transportation Funding
New research from the Tax Foundation corroborates what Show-Me Institute analysts have been writing for years—our transportation funding desperately needs...
Missouri Doesn’t Rely on Property Taxes as Much as Other States. Is That a Problem?
According to Tax Foundation data, Missouri doesn’t rely on property taxes for revenue as heavily as other states do. Our...
Is Missouri Discouraging Business Investment?
The Tax Foundation just released a publication urging states to continue reforming taxes on tangible personal property (TPP). This is...
Taxes and Fees Affect Shopping Decisions
A recent paper on car rental fees published by the Tax Foundation cites Kansas City, Missouri for its rental car...
Is Missouri’s Business Tax Climate Competitive?
How do Missouri’s business taxes stack up against those of our neighbors? According to the 2019 State Business Tax Climate...
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...
Incremental Tax Reform: Don’t Let the Perfect Be The Enemy of the Good
Last week the Show-Me Institute released a new essay that discusses the importance of tax reform. Many of the ideas...
Missouri’s Dubious Tax Honor
Taxes. They’re high. They’re regressive. They’re inefficient. And in Missouri there are too many of them. None of this is...
Tax Reform and Tax Hypocrisy
Conservatives have long argued that taxes matter. Sure, they matter, progressives have countered – if all you care about is...
Taxes: Hitting Some Missouri Businesses Harder than Others?
In their essay, “Taxing Business in Missouri,” Professors Rik Hafer, Ph.D., and Howard Wall, Ph.D., review the research of the...
Essay: Taxing Business in Missouri
As the U.S. Congress turns the national conversation toward reforming the tax code, one aspect they are discussing is the...
A New Agenda for Cities Must Come from Cities
Recently, Kansas City, Missouri’s mayor, Sly James, wrote in The Hill that America needed a new agenda for cities. No...
Taxes Are Still Too High for Missouri
In his 2014 state of the state address, Governor Jay Nixon bragged that “Missouri’s a low-tax state—sixth lowest in the...
