Show Me the Money
As my colleague recently wrote, the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) appears to be making do with the money they...
Tennessee Proposal Leading Medicaid Reform
Policymakers searching for ways to improve Missouri’s Medicaid program should look no further than Tennessee. A new proposal from the...
Student Achievement Rises with More Charter Schools
Missouri has long resisted the expansion of charter schools into any suburban or rural area. Opponents of charter schools argue...
School Choice through Housing
No one bats an eye when you tell them you prefer buying one house over another because of the local...
Does Building Market-Rate Condominiums Help the Affordable Housing Market?
Affordable housing was a big issue in the recent Kansas City mayoral race, and there may be more legislation coming...
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Theoretical Jobs
H&R Block once claimed to have created more than 2,000 new jobs by moving employees to a different building, courtesy...
LIHTC 101: How Does it Work?
I recently wrote a post explaining what the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) is. But how does it actually work?...
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Charter Schools Can Fill the Void in Rural Areas
Finding options for your child’s education can be challenging to begin with, but living in a rural area can make...
LIHTC 101: Program Basics
Since the program’s inception, the low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) has been the federal government’s primary tool for increasing the...
Some Good News Regarding Missouri’s Highways
The Reason Foundation just released its 24th Annual Highway Report, ranking Missouri’s highway system as the third best overall, behind...
Missouri Should Follow Our Neighbor’s Lead and Review Occupational Licensing
Should you need to train for 175 days to be a skin care specialist? How about more than 700 days...
Where Are Those Jobs, Cerner?
In 2014, Cerner received “the largest economic development project in the history of the state” to build its new headquarters...
Why Are Missouri School Districts Blocking Course Access?
Educational options are scarce for Missouri students. Missouri’s new virtual learning program should be a resource providing more options for...
Flipping the Script on School Choice
In Missouri, the public education powers that be insist that Missouri parents don’t need or want options other than the...
A Deep Dive into Our Transparency Lawsuit
In this episode of the Show-Me Institute podcast, David Roland of the Freedom Center of Missouri, the Show-Me Institute’s Susan...
Plugging the Port Hole
A recent column by Dave Helling in The Kansas City Star called for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to challenge...
Why is Missouri’s Medicaid Enrollment Falling?
Since the beginning of 2018, roughly 120,000 people have left Missouri’s Medicaid rolls. It now looks like many of them...
We’re Suing the State
This morning the Show-Me Institute filed suit against Missouri’s Office of Administration for violating the state’s Sunshine Law. A full...
Why Is RideKC Entering The Electric Scooter Market?
It was a pleasant surprise to see a new company enter the burgeoning electric scooter market in Kansas City. However,...
The More You Know
If your child is transitioning from middle to high school this fall, you might be wondering how many students at...
