Missouri Jobs Increase at Slow Pace
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its current snapshot of labor markets across states. While jobs in Missouri have...
So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Goodbye
This is my final post for the Show-Me Institute, and it has been a great four years. I am proud...
You will be made to care: Sex Ed Edition
Conservative columnist and radio host Erick Erickson coined the phrase “you will be made to care” to describe the tendency...
Show-Me Institute On Ruckus
The Show-Me Institute's Patrick Tuohey appeared on KCPT's Ruckus on October 8 to discuss policy matters in Missouri and Kansas...
Income and Money Flee Missouri
Earlier this year, Michael Rathbone and I published an essay examining migration trends for Missouri. We reported that over the...
Is there evidence of a “teacher exodus” from Kansas?
If you take the media’s account of the state of the teaching profession in Kansas seriously, you’d think that there...
Patrick Tuohey on Ruckus
Show-me’s Patrick Tuohey talks about Kansas sales tax revenues on Ruckus!
Rank Hypocrisy from the Kansas City Star?
On July 10, 2015, the Kansas City Star editorial board bemoaned the state of mental health care in Kansas. Of...
Kauffman Foundation Releases New Education Data Tool
Are you looking for a new school for your child? Are you curious to know how your child’s school stacks...
Missouri is 35th. Yay!?
When thinking about Missouri’s recent economic track record, one would be tempted to treat any positive economic signs with much joy...
KC Convention Hotel Estimates Are Notoriously Wrong
Right now, leaders in Kansas City, Missouri, are eager to build a convention hotel downtown. But there is precious little information available....
Seeded With Tax Cuts, Kansas Harvests the Benefits
As first appearing in the Wall Street Journal: Liberals love to hate Sam Brownback, and for good reason. The Kansas...
Are Things Looking Up in Kansas?
There is an old story from the Civil War that takes place after the first day of the Battle of...
Still Coughing Up More for Education
In an era where we shield more and more people from being offended, never mind hurt, it appears that it...
Gov. Sam Brownback: What’s the Real Story in Kansas?
Gov. Sam Brownback of Kansas spoke on the importance of growth-oriented public policies. He then took several questions from the...
The Good and Not-So-Good News from Missouri’s Labor Market
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently released its report on state employment (see Table 5) allowing us to see how...
Show-Me Now! Give Tax Cuts A Chance
Michael Rathbone notes Stephen Moore’s recent article in the Kansas City Star about Kansas’s recent income tax cuts. Critics have...
Give Tax Cuts A Chance
Perched atop his ivory tower, Paul Krugman, a Nobel Prize winning economist, has declared that the tax cuts enacted by...
When It Comes To Privatization In Education, We Say Opaa!
My colleague David Stokes has a terrific paper about the privatization of public services in which he highlights many examples of...
Kansas City’s War On The Future
With all the political rhetoric floating around Kansas City, one would think the city is embracing high technology and forward-looking,...
