Low-Income Housing Tax Credits Are Being Reformed? Not So Fast
Last week, the Missouri Senate gave preliminary approval to a plan that supposedly “reforms” the state’s low-income housing tax credit...
Surprising Change in Medicaid Enrollment
Medicaid enrollment was down 0.6 percent nationwide in 2018, but in Missouri it decreased at a much higher rate of...
Tony Messenger on St. Louis Soccer Stadium
If you aren’t a regular reader of Tony Messenger’s column in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, please take a moment to...
Have You Got a Permit for that Trolley?
After years of delays and rising costs, the $51 million-dollar Loop Trolley finally opened to the public on Friday. However,...
Is This Really the Least Bad Deal to Build a Soccer Stadium?
My colleague Graham Renz wrote often about how the 2017 proposal for St. Louis taxpayers to subsidize a soccer stadium...
Film Tax Credits: Facts and Fiction
Over the weekend, the St. Louis Post Dispatch published a piece about yet another Missouri-based television program that is being...
Key Question in Lindbergh: What Does Your Evidence Say About Full-Day Kindergarten?
There is a debate going on right now in the Lindbergh School District regarding kindergarten. Lindbergh, one of the top...
St. Louis County Council Ethics Committee Issues Stinging Rebuke of County Executive
Jeremy Kohler of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported last month on a St. Louis County ethics committee report investigating county...
Like a Sore Thumb: Missouri’s Testing Standards Buck National Trend
Marching to the beat of your own drummer is all good and well as long as you know where you’re...
So That’s What You Spent Your Money On
A few weeks ago I asked the question, “school administrators, what did you spend your money on?” The purpose of...
Cities May Actually Be the Culprit in Underfunding Schools
Education funding is a hot topic in several states, with lawsuits alleging that state governments are failing to meet their...
A Plague on Both Your Tax Credits!
Economic development tax credits that, whatever their intended purpose, enrich a few at the cost of the many are simply...
Who Is to Blame for Underfunded Schools?
Education funding is an ever present issue in state budgets and Missouri is no exception. My colleagues have written about...
Yes, the Cost of Medicaid Has Exploded
This week the St. Louis Post-Dispatch penned an article about whether the cost of Missouri’s Medicaid program has “exploded.” The paper...
How Will Expanded Use of 529 Accounts Affect Missouri’s Budget?
The federal tax reform bill is likely to have many consequences, intended and unintended. One intended consequence is that it...
Is an Audit in the Works for the City of Saint Louis?
A lack of clarity regarding how the City of Saint Louis manages taxpayers’ money has pushed some residents to demand...
Attendance Matters: Following Up with Riverview Gardens
A little over a month ago, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that two administrators from Riverview Gardens filed separate lawsuits...
Is Amazon Getting into the Pharmacy Business? Let’s Hope So
Competition and supply are good things, and as we’ve said before, health care needs more of both. Innovations along those...
Are Kansas City and Saint Louis Getting Taken?
The deadline for submissions to Amazon to host their new headquarters building has come and gone, and both Kansas City...
MOSERS Pension Buyout Good for Taxpayers, Probably Not for All Workers
Show-Me Institute scholars have been writing about the perilous position of public pension systems for years. In a 2013 policy...
