Transparency

State and Local Government

At Least Hazelwood’s Honest

Last week, the Show-Me Institute kicked off a repeat of its Show-Me Curricula Project from last year. The purpose of the project is to use Missouri’s Sunshine Law to find […]

State and Local Government

School Districts Should Follow Their Own Rules

I mentioned in my recent blog post about our curricula transparency project that a significant amount of the more than $800,000 price increase between this year and last year’s total […]

State and Local Government

Small but Mighty Huntsdale, Population 25

When I first started working on the municipal checkbook project this year, I thought that many of Missouri’s smallest cities might have trouble getting information back to us. After all, […]

State and Local Government

Inflation? Try an $800,000 Price Hike

As we reboot the Show-Me Curricula Project, it’s been interesting to compare the differences in responses between last year and this year. One difference this year is that we’ve received […]

State and Local Government

“Stop,” or I’ll Yell “Stop” Again

A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When elected officials intentionally ignore the law, we often react with a mixture of anger and helplessness. Abetted by […]

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Health Care Price Transparency in Missouri: Part Three

In the first two posts in this series, I examined the confusing world of pricing in health care. What I found was that the majority of Missouri hospitals don’t appear […]

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