Sunshine Law Applies to Government Journalists, Too
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE, is a national group that broadly speaking defends the speech rights...
Attorney General’s Office Starts a Curriculum Database of Its Own
When I started the Show-Me Curricula Project, I had no illusion that schools and districts would happily provide their teaching...
Mask Mandate Lawsuit, Judge Rules on QuickTrip, Medicaid Update
Susan Pendergrass, David Stokes and Elias Tsapelas join Zach Lawhorn to discuss the lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General Eric...
Criminal Justice Reform Panel in Columbia
On Tuesday, September 26, Columbia College hosted the Show-Me Institute’s panel discussion on criminal justice reform, “Behind Bars in Missouri...
MOSERS Pension Buyout Good for Taxpayers, Probably Not for All Workers
Show-Me Institute scholars have been writing about the perilous position of public pension systems for years. In a 2013 policy...
Pension Reform in Missouri
“The bottom line is this: Our state has a serious pension problem, and we need to start talking about how...
Kansas City’s Crocodile Tears over Blight
After the events of Ferguson, when it was discovered that the city had been using fines and court fees to...
Making Sure Municipal Courts Are Not Tax Collectors
In recent sessions, the Missouri State Legislature has made great strides toward reducing the perverse incentives and effects of taxation...
Finally, A Bill That Promotes Growth: Reducing Missouri’s Corporate Income Tax
Here at the Show-Me Institute we review a lot of bad proposed and enacted legislation, but every once in a while, we...
Testimony on the ‘Aerotropolis’ Bill
On April 20, 2011, the Missouri Senate Jobs, Economic Development and Local Government Committee heard testimony from the public about...
Where’s the Evidence That the China Hub Makes Financial Sense?
In August 2010, Mike Jones, chairman of the Midwest China Hub Commission, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that a key...
Subsidizing Exports Will Do More Harm Than Good for Missouri
China already imports free-marketpolicy analysts from Missouri. State lawmakers want to turn Saint Louis into an international cargo hub. Sounds...
Tune in Monday morning!
For all the early birds, I’ll be on Joplin’s 1310 KZRG Morning Newswatch Monday morning at 7:40 a.m., to talk...
