Chiefs Team President Accidentally Speaks Truth
A Kinsley gaffe, named for the journalist and Slate editor Michael Kinsley, is “when a politician tells the truth—some obvious...
Legislature Might Look at Indy 500 Winner for Inspiration
I’ve let my feelings be known about how the 2023 legislative session went: poorly. A handful of bills that I...
Missouri’s State of the Bloating State
Earlier this month, I expressed my general optimism that Missouri’s 2023 legislative session would be a good one, focused on...
Hail to the Chiefs! And Pay for Your Own Stadium
If you thought Tyreek Hill getting traded to Miami was going to be the last surprise Chiefs fans got this...
Five New Year’s Resolutions for Missouri Lawmakers
A version of this commentary appeared in the Columbia Tribune. Missouri is considered one of the most “conservative” of the 50...
Commentary: Funding Roads by the Mile, Not the Gallon
A version of this first appeared in the Columbia Daily Tribune. Missouri’s road maintenance funding is on a road to...
What It Would Take to Bring Green Energy to Kingdom City, Missouri?
“We reason from the hand to the head,” Henry David Thoreau wrote, pointing out how a simple example drawn from...
Why the “Green New Deal” Will Not Fly in Missouri
How well prepared are different players in Missouri’s highly diversified economy to join the “Green New Deal” proposed by Congresswoman...
WRONG WAY: Anti-Tolling Group Gets It Wrong
Some of Missouri’s roadways are in critical condition. Interstate 70 is half a century old in many places and needs...
Should Sales and Use Taxes Fund Interstate Improvements?
Missouri’s “Main Street,” Interstate 70, is in need of more than the usual, periodic repairs. The roadway is, in some...
End of Session Puts the Brakes on Transportation Reform in Missouri
At the beginning of this year’s legislative session, there were high hopes that Missouri’s legislators would focus on major transportation...
Local Control in Education, Properly Understood
If you head West on I-70, past the inner-ring suburbs of St. Louis and over the Missouri river, you’ll happen...
The End of the Road for Scenic Missouri?
Missouri has some breathtaking scenery. Whether it’s the Gateway Arch or the Missouri River Bluffs or the cotton farms in...
MoDOT Gets a New Director
Recently, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) named Patrick McKenna as its new director. The previous director, Dave Nichols, stepped down earlier...
Transportation Funding: I-70, Tolling, and the Road to Tomorrow
Ed Hassinger, Chief Engineer at the Missouri Department of Transportation, and Joseph Miller, Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst, discuss the state...
Higher Than Expected MoDOT Revenues Mean No Loss in Federal Matching Funds
As we’ve written about many times before, MoDOT is facing serious financial difficulty. Soon, the department may not have the...
The Future of I-70: “Not a Plan, But a Big Idea”
This week in Kansas City, Missouri’s transportation leaders held a meeting concerning the future of I-70. As we’ve discussed many...
Commentary: Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy
Recently, the Columbia Daily Tribune published our op-ed on how the plan for a small increase in the fuel tax,...
Legislature’s Gas Tax Increase Is Sound Policy
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: How did you get to work this morning? How were the groceries...
More Progress on Ridesharing in Kansas City
In the last year, Kansas City has been slowly but surely opening up to ridesharing companies. The city government’s initial...
