Attitudes on Open Enrollment in Missouri
Missouri families are still waiting for access to open enrollment. The Missouri House recently passed House Bill (HB) 711, but...
St. Louis City Proposes Adding Additional Rules to Short-Term Rental Bill
This past June, my colleague David Stokes and I testified before the City of St. Louis Transportation and Commerce Committee...
WATCH: Jason L. Riley on the Life of Thomas Sowell
On April 19, 2023 the Show-Me Institute hosted Jason L. Riley, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist for...
How to Lose a City of St. Louis Guy in 10 Days
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released new population estimates for cities around the country, and the City of St. Louis...
Senate Bill 88 and Licensing Restrictions
Show-Me Institute researchers have been vocal proponents of reducing government barriers to workers, including hair braiders, park photographers, and many...
On Lying, Kansas City Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
When I was at Saint Louis University’s School of Law back in 2006, I vividly remember finding out that SLU...
Health Care Price Transparency in Missouri: Part Two
In my last post, I discussed the push for increased price transparency in health care, and why transparency is good...
Did St. Louis City Improperly Collect the Payroll Expense Tax During the Pandemic?
Show-Me Institute analysts have written extensively about the St. Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes, but not quite as much...
What Should Washington University Do with All of That Money?
Should non-profits pay taxes? Well, as someone who works at a small non-profit and believes in low taxes, I am...
The New Mayor Vetoes Two Tax Subsidies
In a welcome development, St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones vetoed two newly proposed tax subsidy bills. One is a small...
SMI Podcast: Trust and the American Economy – Dr. David Rose
In this episode, Susan Pendegrass is joined by Michael Podgursky and David Rose. Michael Podgursky is a professor of economics...
Is St. Louis Successful?
What makes a successful city? Recently, the Show-Me Institute, in collaboration with the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason...
The War on Work with Dr. Edward Glaeser
Harvard economist and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Edward Glaeser appeared at Saint Louis University on May 9, 2018 as part...
Edward Glaeser to Discuss War on Work in St. Louis
Harvard economist and Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Edward Glaeser will speak at St. Louis University on May 9. As part...
The Supreme Court Can Put a Nail in the Anti-Catholic Coffin
This week, the United States Supreme Court will hear a case out of our own backyard that wrestles with a...
Where Are the Certificate of Need Bills?
Last month I had the opportunity to go back to my alma mater, Saint Louis University, and share with a...
Holy Smokes! Andy Puzder, a Free-Market Advocate, to Run the Labor Department?
One of the first tenets of free-market thinking is that nobody owes anybody else a job – much less a...
“But for those willing to recognize the simple lessons of history, slow growth is not hard to diagnose or to cure.”
Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by John Cochrane, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, that...
Has MetroLink Spurred Development?
Metro, St. Louis’s transit agency, claims (p. i) MetroLink has helped spur $2.2 billion in development. However, Citizens for Modern...
Does Saint Louis Have an Illegal Tax?
On February 1, a Saint Louis City business filed suit against the city, claiming that the municipal payroll tax was...
