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State and Local Government
Apr 29, 2021
Missourians May Lose Their Homes Because of State-Supported Loans
As reported by ProPublica’s Jeremy Kohler and Haru Coryne, more than 100 homes with PACE loans in metropolitan Kansas City and St. Louis are at risk of being sold at […]
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Economy
Apr 5, 2021
SMI Podcast – Better Charity with James Whitford
In 2012, James Whitford founded the True Charity Initiative to advance nationally the cause of privately-funded effective charity at the most local level. His work has appeared in Heritage Foundation’s […]
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State and Local Government
Feb 26, 2021
Local Government Transparency Bill Gets Resounding 149-2 Vote in the House
If local governments can take your money, they should tell you how they’re spending it. And if they can’t or won’t? Well, that’s a problem, and it looks like the […]
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State and Local Government
Jan 26, 2021
House Bill 271 and a Statewide Municipal Expenditure Database
On January 26, Show-Me Institute Director of Government Accountability Patrick Ishmael submits testimony to the Missouri House Emerging Issues Committee regarding House Bill 271. Click here to read the full […]
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State and Local Government
Jan 4, 2021
Missouri Auditor’s Office Should Require Muni Checkbook Transparency
For the last couple years, Show-Me Institute writers have led the way on investigating transparency problems in Missouri government. If state and local government can take your money, then it […]
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State and Local Government
Jul 2, 2020
Parma Scandal Affirms: Mandatory Muni Checkbook Transparency Needed Now
The Missouri State Auditor’s Office has started July off with a bang, publishing an audit of Parma, Missouri, which found that “. . . [m]ore than $115,000 was taken fraudulently […]

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