Are Missouri Schools Being Honest About What They’re Teaching?
Patrick Ishmael joined The Gary Nolan Show to discuss this week’s CRT hearing and provide an update on the Show-Me...
Missouri Bans Natural Gas Bans
Legislators in Jefferson City recently passed a law barring policymakers in cities and counties from banning the use of natural...
Listen: The Latest on CRT in Missouri Schools
On July 21, Patrick Ishmael joined The Vic Porcelli Show to discuss what he’s learned about CRT in Missouri schools...
HB 349 Creates Opportunity (For Some)
Some Missouri children will finally be able to sign up for tax credit–funded scholarships. But why not all? Much has...
Podcast: Missouri is Not Ready for the Next Recession – Corianna Baier & Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Corianna Baier and Elias Tsapelas to discuss how prepared Missouri is for the next economic...
Webster Groves Addresses Hard Issues in Zoning
A version of this commentary appeared in the Webster-Kirkwood Times. Zoning can be a complicated issue for people who believe...
A New Sales Tax for Law Enforcement in the Lake of the Ozarks
There is a one-quarter cent sales tax increase on the ballot for August 3rd in Camden County. The extra revenue...
Wayfair Bill Is Chock Full of Goodies
Gov. Parson just signed SB 153 into law. Most of the attention on the bill will focus on the largest...
Podcast: COVID Legislation, How to Hire Teachers and MO Toll Roads
Susan Pendergrass, Patrick Ishmael and Jakob Puckett join Zach Lawhorn to discuss Missouri’s newly-signed COVID liability legislation, MO DESE’s application...
Major K-12 Teachers Union Endorses Teaching Critical Race Theory
The National Education Association (NEA) made some big news at its annual meeting last week, endorsing the teaching of critical...
Does the Gas Tax Bill Violate the Constitution?
Supporters of this year’s gas tax bill presumably don’t think they passed something that would violate Missouri’s constitution, but as...
Missouri’s Hancock Amendment and the Gas Tax
With Governor Parson set to decide whether to raise Missouri’s gas tax in the coming days, the general assembly’s decision...
What’s Happening with the Gas Tax?
As many Missourians have heard by now, a bill to raise the state’s gas tax for the first time in...
Online Sales Taxes Bill Finalized
Earlier this week, Governor Parson signed the so-called Wayfair bill, and it’s a big deal for Missouri. Named for the...
Is the City Foundry Just Moving Vegetables Around the Plate?
When you were a kid, did you ever push your vegetables around your plate hoping that the different placement would...
Missouri K-12 Enrollment Declined 3 Percent this Year
New data released by the National Center for Education Statistics (ably summarized here) show a substantial decline in K-12 student...
Judge Strikes Down Medicaid Expansion
Last week, Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem struck down Medicaid expansion, ruling that the initiative approved by voters last...
A Rising Tide of Mediocrity
If Spanish philosopher George Santayana is correct that those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it, then he...
Overland Park Considers Adding Tolled Lanes to Expand Highway
Drivers on U.S. Highway 69 in Overland Park near Kansas City are about to see some market-based transportation policy in...
First Results of Our Request for Critical Race Theory Curricula
Earlier this week, we began a new transparency project focused on whether schools in Missouri are teaching critical race theory...
