Understanding the One Big Beautiful Bill with Elias Tsapelas
Susan Pendergrass is joined by Elias Tsapelas, director of state budget and fiscal policy at the Show-Me Institute, to break...
Schools After the Storm with Noah Devine
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Noah Devine, executive director of the Missouri Charter Public Schools Association, about how charter schools in St. Louis are responding after the recent tornado damaged multiple campuses.
Missouri Finally Dials in Telemedicine Reform
Following years of unanswered calls, lawmakers finally delivered much-needed reform to the state’s telemedicine laws in the waning days of...
Why Missouri Needs Universal Open Enrollment
Missouri parents deserve real choices when it comes to their children’s education. Open enrollment—the ability for students to attend a...
Why the New Property Tax Rules in Missouri Are Bad, Part 2
This is the second in a series of blog posts about why the new property tax legislation passed as part...
Mission Impossible and Nuclear Energy: President Trump’s New Executive Orders
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. While I will avoid any spoilers, the new movie,...
The Lost Decade of Education Reform with Steven F. Wilson
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass is joined by Steven F. Wilson, senior fellow at the Pioneer Institute for Public Policy...
Grading for Equity in San Francisco, and What It Means for Missouri
Under intense public pressure, the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) recently walked back from a controversial “Grading for Equity”...
Missouri Moves Away from Three-Cueing
Missouri has joined more than a dozen states in improving reading instruction by passing legislation—Senate Bill (SB) 68—that restricts the...
Why the New Property Tax Rules in Missouri Are Bad, Part 1
This is the first in a series of blog posts about why the new property tax legislation passed in the...
The Wrong Direction on Tax Policy
A version of this commentary appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Taxes are going down, right? That’s a good thing, right?...
The Miseducation of Kansas City Councilman Wes Rogers
At the June 3, 2025, hearing before the Missouri Senate Fiscal Oversight Committee about Senate Bill (SB) 3, The Show-Me...
The Power of Markets
This chart is produced by Mark Perry at the American Enterprise Institute, and this version is an update he released...
Licensing Compact Exception Is Removed in Missouri
Missouri recently eliminated the “compact exception” for occupational licensing reciprocity. Show-Me Institute analysts have flagged this loophole numerous times, and...
The Missouri Legislature Was Right To Overturn Proposition A
At the Show-Me Institute, our economists and analysts have long been opposed to minimum-wage increases put before the voters of...
2025 End of the Legislative Session Report
The 2025 Missouri legislative session delivered both meaningful reforms and missed opportunities. Progress was made in areas such as education,...
Missouri’s Special Session and Giveaways to Billionaires with Patrick Tuohey
In this episode, Susan Pendergrass speaks with Patrick Tuohey, senior fellow at the Show-Me Institute, about Missouri’s upcoming special legislative...
A Step Backward for Transparency
Why would anyone be against transparent pricing? Last year, after taking a step forward on hospital price transparency, Missouri’s general...
Senate Bill 68: Another Education Omnibus, Part 2
In Part 1 of the post, I detail the journey Senate Bill (SB) 68 took to become another education omnibus...
Senate Bill 68: From Simple Cell Phone Ban to Education Omnibus, Part 1
Missouri’s 2025 legislative session has been a popular one for the omnibus bill, as exemplified by the passage of House...
