Show-Me Institute

Four years ago, when Kansas City’s homicide rate was down, City leaders were eager to let people know.“There is still work to do because even one...

Late last month I made the fateful choice to join the gig economy (after hours, naturally) by collecting and charging some of those rideshare...

If Missouri has a workforce development problem—that is, if students are leaving high school without the skills they need to enter the workforce, a...

Earlier this year I talked about a proposal in the Missouri legislature that I thought was a great idea: to expand the period of short-term medical...

In a recent column, The Kansas City Star editorial board bemoaned the instinct of Mayor Sly James to be opaque and secretive in his negotiations....

What type of school do you like? Do you prefer those that use Maria Montessori’s approach, which is based on the idea that children are naturally...

Bryce's Law, which was intended to help give children with special needs access to schools that would allow them to thrive, has been hamstrung by a...

Does Western culture face a crisis because of its failure to defend liberty against ideological forces of the past? In his new book, Suicide of the...

On Monday, Gov. Mike Parson made two appointments to the Missouri Housing Development Commission, the body in charge of awarding low-income housing...

Yesterday marked a step forward for transparent government in Missouri. The Missouri Treasurer’s Office announced the creation of an online checkbook...