Show-Me Institute

The following commentary also appeared in the Kansas City Star.Businessman John Wannamaker famously quipped, “Half the money I spend on...

I’ve published a number of pieces about the 2018 Kansas City incentives study. Links to those are below. All the clues that the study would simply...

Legislative sessions are wrapping up, and students and parents in some states have scored major wins. Lawmakers have seen beyond the breathless...

Are Missouri’s two largest cities collecting more taxpayer dollars than necessary? To get an idea of whether St. Louis and Kansas City should be...

The last day of the legislative session is here, and news tends to progress quickly, but one of the fastest developing items is the state’s low-...

As this year’s legislative session draws to a close, our lawmakers in Jefferson City are again acting as if any unspent money will burn holes in...

Missouri students are potentially missing out on thousands of job opportunities because the career and technical education (CTE) programs in our high...

On May 9 the Show-Me Institute's Crosby Kemper III and Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT's Ruckus to discuss Kansas City's underfunded pension...

After almost a year of waiting, course access for Missouri students is finally in sight. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)...

The Show-Me Institute's 2019 Blueprint: Moving Missouri Forward presents 16 policy ideas covering issues ranging from education to health care,...