House Vote The First of Many Important Health Care Milestones
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed an amended draft of the American Health Care Act, described by Congressional leaders...
Resolution for Article V Convention Deserves Serious Consideration
It’s been said that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but can you remind an old dog of...
Can the Kansas City Streetcar Expansion Be Built Even If It Wins?
The Kansas City Star published a story the other day which examined the new budget proposal from the Trump administration....
Repealing a Mountain of Regulation with This One Simple Trick
Last week, the U.S. Senate voted 50-49 to strike hundreds of pages of regulations drafted by the Department of Education...
Right to Try Becomes a National Issue
In 2014, Missouri became the third state to enact a Right to Try law. The legislation, pioneered by the Goldwater...
Be Like Kansas City-Avoid the TSA
Frequent fliers: get ready for a long summer. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has told the public that it will...
Missouri Legislature Takes Up New Roosevelt Laws
Lawmakers are teaming up to address the growing problem of unaccountable government unions. This month Senator Bob Onder and Rep....
Could Direct Primary Care Be An Answer to Post-Obamacare Access Problems?
Even after Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, the Show-Me Institute continued to point out the problems that...
Post-Obamcare Medicaid Enrollment Far Outpacing State Projections
When Congress passed and the president signed the Affordable Care Act, supporters of the law were adamant that Obamcare would...
No Child Left Behind the Times
Technology has given us some amazing things over the years, but you don’t see people using VHS and cassette tapes...
Speakers’ Series: King v. Burwell: Can the President Rewrite the ACA Without Congress?
In this Speaker Series on Economic Policy presentation, CATO Director of Health Policy Studies, Michael Cannon, discusses the King v....
King v. Burwell: A Quick Preview
Last month, constitutional law expert Josh Hawley visited with Show-Me Institute supporters to discuss a wide array of health care policy issues....
How to Ensure Springfield Teachers’ Voices Are Heard
In many school districts, teachers are left out of the collective bargaining process simply because they do not belong to...
Why Saint Clair Wants Congress to Close Its Airport
In a previous post we detailed how one Missouri city, Saint Clair (located in Franklin County), has been trying (and...
Time For A Game Of ‘UNION… OR… TEA PARTY!’
The rules of the game are pretty simple. I give you a statement, and you tell me whether it came...
For A Few Dollars More (Terminal Financing – Part 2)
According to the Kansas City Star, adding $14 to every ticket will have little repercussion on Kansas City International Airport’s...
We May Still Have Mail Delivery On Saturday
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) intention to cut Saturday delivery. I argued...
DESE Should Consider District Level Waivers
Let’s recap. In 1965, the United States Congress passed the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) as part of Lyndon...
Oklahoma Challenges Health Care Tax In Federally-Run Insurance Exchanges
This is pretty big news (via Michael Cannon.) The way the Affordable Care Act (also known as “ObamaCare”) is written,...
Missouri’s Taxpayers Lobbying To Pay More Taxes?
As a resident of University City, I was interested to learn that the city spent $26,000 to hire a lobbyist...
