Considering Coal-to-Nuclear Transitions in Missouri
Kansas’s Department of Commerce and Evergy (the state’s largest utility) are partnering with TerraPower, a leading nuclear developer, to explore...
Green Means Stop
Earlier this week, the City of St. Louis and the Bi-State Development Agency, better known as Metro, officially cancelled the...
On Transit, Maybe We Can Learn Something from Washington
President Ronald Reagan once quipped that the scariest sentence is “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” That...
Charter Schools Are Highly Effective in Missouri
In 2023, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO) at Stanford University released its third National Charter School Study....
Some Good News for Kansas City and St. Louis
For years, many who sought to excel in a creative or professional field headed to the coasts. Cities like New...
Former Secretary of Education: “Shut Down the Department of Education”
Show-Me Institute analysts typically focus on Missouri education issues. Yet, with the present debates about dismantling the federal Department of...
Missouri Must Do Better at Controlling Spending
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. Elections and inaugurations are a time for reflection and...
Nuclear Energy Is a Bipartisan Solution
As the new year approaches and a new presidential administration prepares to take office, we may see significant changes in...
Make Missouri Education Great
President-Elect Trump has repeatedly stated his desire to close the U.S. Department of Education and return education back to the...
Missouri Nearly Fails Cato’s Test
Missouri’s government spending is out of control, and a new report from the Cato Institute, a free-market think in Washington,...
Addressing Crime in Our Cities with Charles Fain Lehman
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Charles Fain Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, about his recent report titled Doing Less...
A Policy That Could Help Lower Missouri Electric Bills
While summer is actually my favorite time of the year, it’s also hard on my wallet. As air conditioning use...
A Milestone Reached
Nearly thirty years ago in Milwaukee, WI, a private school choice program was launched that gave vouchers to around 10,000...
Growing, Growing, Gone
It’s nothing new that Missouri’s state government has a spending problem, but as we head into 2024, there’s fear that...
Cherry-picked Data Can’t Hide the Truth about Missouri’s Workforce
A version of the following commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A couple of weeks ago CNBC released its...
Want Higher Teacher Salaries? Raise Property Taxes
In the past year, much has been made about Missouri’s teacher salaries. According to the National Education Association, Missouri ranks...
Debt Ceiling Deal Q&A
After a whirlwind period of tense negotiations, the House of Representatives and White House agreed this week on raising the...
The Latest GDP Report: What Does It Mean for 2023?
While Washington, D.C., is seized by speculation surrounding debt ceiling showdowns and the specter of government default, other recent news—namely,...
Breaking: The Actual Starting Teacher Salary According to DESE
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and other major media outlets in Missouri, continually claim that Missouri teachers are, on average, the...
WATCH: The Red Vs Blue Myth and the Real Threat to American Stability
Recorded on December 1, 2022 at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis, Missouri Tony Woodlief is Executive...
