The Long Fight for Educational Freedom with Neal McCluskey and James Shuls
Learn more about the book here: www.cato.org/books/fighting-freedom-learn Susan Pendergrass speaks with James Shuls, fellow at the Show-Me Institute and head of...
The One Big Education Opportunity with Shaka Mitchell
Susan Pendergrass speaks with Shaka Mitchell, senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, about how a new federal scholarship...
St. Louis Has Better Options Than Buying Nine New Mustangs for the City’s Fleet
Unless Steve McQueen is coming to work as a cop for the City of St. Louis—or using film tax credits...
Another Opportunity to Learn
Trying to lure Hollywood productions to Missouri with tax incentives was always a fool’s errand, but a new report from...
Show-Me Energy: Today’s Energy Sources
Energy is a very complicated topic, and policy debates around energy often involve confusing jargon along with terms and concepts...
Not the Time for Entertainment
Like Nero fiddling while Rome was burning, our state lawmakers are focusing on entertainment at the most inopportune time. With...
A Truly Terrible Idea for West County
The title of this article in the Post-Dispatch says everything one needs to know about the focus of far too...
Hey Licensed Professionals: It’s Time to Move to Missouri
Missouri lawmakers made an uncharacteristically groundbreaking move in 2020 when they passed occupational licensing reciprocity. This means that occupational licensure...
Missouri’s Population Growth Is Still Lagging
The U.S. Census Bureau just released its updated state populations from the 2020 census, and the results were not good...
What the Heck Is Happening Out There?
In the midst of a pandemic, it’s hard to say exactly what’s going on. But here is a bit of...
Another Way to Create Options
There’s a wide variety of ways to offer school choice to students. Unfortunately, Missouri only permits a narrow and limited...
USDA Deal Is Great for Port KC, Less Great for KC Taxpayers
The announcement that the USDA has chosen a location in Kansas City, Missouri was met with satisfaction by political leaders...
Pennsylvania is Reducing Licensing Barriers. Why Doesn’t Missouri?
Following in Arizona’s footsteps, Pennsylvania enacted an occupational licensing reciprocity law on July 1. This means Pennsylvania will accept occupational...
States with School Choice Reap the Benefits
Kelly Clarkson says that what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, and I believe her. You know who doesn’t believe...
2018 Blueprint: Certificate of Need
THE PROBLEM: Missouri’s Certificate of Need (CON) law restricts health care competition by requiring many health care providers to get...
Even Krueger Agrees: $15 Minimum Wage Too High
Alan Krueger, professor of economics at Princeton, has weighed in on the minimum wage debate. Writing in the New York...
Kansas City Public Schools Embraces Charter Education
On Wednesday, the Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) Board of Education voted to submit an application to the Department of Elementary...
Equal Opportunity Scholarships-Giving Students Options
If you could expand educational opportunities for students in failing schools by leveraging greater private investment in education, would you...
Show Me Better (Part 2): Certificate Of Need And Access To Care
One of the benefits of free markets is their ability to match buyers with sellers. Potential customers assess the supply...
Pennsylvania’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program…Winning!
This week, the Show-Me Institute released our third and final case study about tax credit scholarship programs in other states:...
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