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ACA Subsidies, Parks Policy, and Open Enrollment in Missouri
05 Jan

ACA Subsidies, Parks Policy, and Open Enrollment in Missouri

Posted by Zach Lawhorn Accountability, Economy, Education, Education Finance, Free-Market Reform, Health Care, Municipal Policy, Performance, School Choice, State and Local Government

David Stokes, Elias Tsapelas, and Avery Frank join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, […]

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Arrowhead Stadium
03 Jan

How Kansas STAR Bonds Work for Stadium Projects

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Budget and Spending, Corporate Welfare, Economy, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits, Taxes, Welfare

Guest hosting Mundo in the Morning on KCMO Talk Radio, Patrick Tuohey speaks with Thomas Friestad of the Kansas City […]

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Arrowhead Stadium
02 Jan

Listen: True Cost of Chiefs Stadium Subsidies with Neil deMause

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Economy, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits

  Guest hosting Mundo in the Morning on KCMO Talk Radio, Patrick Tuohey speaks with Neil deMause, editor of FieldofSchemes.com […]

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Happy New Year from Show-Me Institute
31 Dec

Happy New Year from Show-Me Institute

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized

From all of us at the Show-Me Institute, Happy New Year!

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Does the Math Work on Kansas STAR Bonds for the Chiefs Stadium?
31 Dec

Does the Math Work on Kansas STAR Bonds for the Chiefs Stadium?

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Corporate Welfare, Economy, Special Taxing Districts, State and Local Government, Subsidies, Tax Credits

 Guest hosting Mundo in the Morning on KCMO Talk Radio 95.7 FM and 710 AM on December 30, 2025, […]

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Happy Holidays from the Show-Me Institute
24 Dec

Happy Holidays from the Show-Me Institute

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized
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A Chapter 353 Tax Abatement Plan is the Last Thing Charleston Needs
23 Dec

A Chapter 353 Tax Abatement Plan is the Last Thing Charleston Needs

Posted by David Stokes Budget and Spending, Municipal Policy, State and Local Government

Supporters of a plan to “revitalize” Charleston, a city in southeast Missouri just a bit north of the Bootheel, are […]

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Medicaid’s Wake-Up Call
19 Dec

Medicaid’s Wake-Up Call

Posted by Elias Tsapelas Free-Market Reform, Health Care, Medicaid

For years, federal audits of state Medicaid programs weren’t much more than a bureaucratic annoyance. Come 2030, Missouri has something […]

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Empty classroom, Missouri education, accountability, DESE, Missouri State Board of Education, Missouri school accreditation
18 Dec

One Word Could Let Missouri Students Leave Unsafe Schools

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, Education, Education Finance, Performance, School Choice

Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states must identify unsafe schools and notify families of students who attend […]

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School building, education accountability, education transparency, MOSchool Rankings
18 Dec

Accountable, Understandable, and Comparable

Posted by Scott Tanner Accountability, Education

There are so many things that go well together during the Christmas season. Faith and family, sweet potatoes and those […]

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Housing construction, Belton, housing regulation
18 Dec

Legal Challenge over Belton Housing Project Highlights Flawed Approval Process

Posted by Scott Tanner Economy, Regulation

A legal battle has erupted over a proposed housing development in Belton, Missouri. Regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome, the case […]

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A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Municipalities Part Four: Parks and Recreation
18 Dec

A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Municipalities Part Four: Parks and Recreation

Posted by David Stokes Budget and Spending, Economy, Municipal Policy, Privatization, Regulation, State and Local Government

This fourth installment in A Free-Market Guide for Missouri Municipalities series examines how cities provide and manage parks and recreational services. […]

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Zoning laws, zoning reform, St. Louis zoning, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Des Peres
16 Dec

We Still Need Zoning Reform in Missouri

Posted by Scott Tanner Economy, Municipal Policy, Regulation, State and Local Government

Two recent stories out of St. Louis County have demonstrated why we need zoning reform in Missouri. In my most […]

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Why Missouri Needs Early Literacy Reform with Cory Koedel and Avery Frank
12 Dec

Why Missouri Needs Early Literacy Reform with Cory Koedel and Avery Frank

Posted by Susan Pendergrass Accountability, Education, Education Finance, Performance, School Choice

Susan Pendergrass is joined by Cory Koedel, director of education policy at the Show-Me Institute, and Avery Frank, policy analyst […]

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Webster Groves, economic development sales tax, subsidies, corporate welfare, cronyism
10 Dec

Webster Groves Should Not Institute an Economic Development Sales Tax

Posted by Scott Tanner Corporate Welfare, Special Taxing Districts

There is a long list of really dumb taxes in Missouri. The St. Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes are […]

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Data center, Festus, data center construction, data center subsidies, consumer-regulated electricity
08 Dec

The Data Center Debate Continues in Festus

Posted by Scott Tanner Economy, Energy

Amidst great debate, a city commission in Festus recently moved forward with plans for a new data center development. Festus […]

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Missouri’s Reading Crisis: 42% of Fourth-Graders Can Barely Read
05 Dec

Missouri’s Reading Crisis: 42% of Fourth-Graders Can Barely Read

Posted by Cory Koedel Accountability, Education, Education Finance, Performance, School Choice

Missouri is in a reading crisis. Forty-two percent of the state’s fourth-graders can barely read, the worst results in twenty […]

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Downtown Kansas City, creative class urbanism, municipal growth, Kansas City
05 Dec

New Observations Confirm Skepticism of Creative Class Urbanism

Posted by Scott Tanner Municipal Policy, State and Local Government

In a recent Vox column, Rachel Cohen Booth argues that many American cities pursued a “creative‑class” strategy in the 2000s […]

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Kansas City Homicide Rate May Be National Leader for 2025
04 Dec

Kansas City Homicide Rate May Be National Leader for 2025

Posted by Scott Tanner Criminal Justice, State and Local Government

A story in the November 20 issue of The Washington Post examines homicide rates in large cities across the United […]

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Missouri state capitol, Missouri education leaders, education leadership, Missouri State Board of Education
02 Dec

Watch: Help Build Missouri’s Legacy of Liberty

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized

As 2025 comes to an end, we reflect on the progress made this year, from expanding MOScholars and strengthening property […]

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