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12 Jan

No Adult Left Behind, How Politics Hijacks Education Policy with Vlad Kogan

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

Susan Pendergrass speaks with Vladimir Kogan, professor of political science at The Ohio State University, to discuss his new book, […]

Steubenville, Ohio, literacy reform, education achievement, evidence-based reading

09 Jan

The Amazing Case of Steubenville, Ohio

Posted by Scott Tanner Education, Performance

Over at The74, Chad Aldeman wrote an excellent article about the remarkable reading results in Steubenville, Ohio. He shows that […]

08 Jan

Crime and Public Safety in St. Louis: Upcoming Events

Posted by Patrick Tuohey Criminal Justice

Please join us for an in-depth discussion on crime and public safety trends in St. Louis. Patrick Tuohey, Senior Fellow […]

07 Jan

Is the Chiefs Move to Kansas Really a Done Deal?

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

Patrick Tuohey joined Pete Mundo on Mundo in the Morning on KCMO Talk Radio to question whether the Kansas City […]

Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City Chiefs, Chiefs stadium, STAR bonds, border war, stadium subsidies

07 Jan

Kansas’s Coming STAR Bond Tax

Posted by Scott Tanner Economy, Taxes

Proponents of the effort to use STAR bonds to build a billion-dollar domed stadium for the Chiefs are adamant that […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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, […]

24 Dec

Happy Holidays from the Show-Me Institute

Posted by Show-Me Institute Staff Uncategorized

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]