The Citadel Project Is Why Missouri Needs TIF Reform
The Wall Street Journal recently published a story about the very controversial Citadel Project in Kansas City. If anything, the...
American Federation of Teachers Attacks Show-Me Institute
Today the American Federation of Teachers targeted the Show-Me Institute for our work to improve educational opportunities for Missouri’s families....
Press Release: American Federation of Teachers Attacks Show-Me Institute
Today, the American Federation of Teachers targeted the Show-Me Institute for our work to improve educational opportunities for Missouri’s families....
Dear Affordable Care Act Supporters: You Call This ‘Saving Money’?
Proponents of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) have long claimed that the law’s provisions would “bend the cost curve”...
Early Childhood Education Funding
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board recently wrote a piece in favor of spending more money on early childhood education....
Choice, Not Early Childhood Education, Is A ‘Smart Investment’
What do Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro have in common? Regarding early childhood education, both...
VIDEO: The New York Times Covers the Kansas City Border War
This weekend, The New York Times kicked off a three-part investigative series titled “The United States of Subsidies.” The series...
Court Plan Reforms Are Good For Missouri
On Nov. 6, Missouri voters will have the opportunity to make a modest change to the way judges are appointed...
Voter ID Debate Tonight In Clayton Featuring John Fund
Tonight, the Federalist Society and the Show-Me Institute host an important and timely event, “Suppressing the Vote or Stopping Fraud:...
Kansas City Among The Nation’s Worst For Tourism Taxes
Long-time Show-Me Daily readers know that Kansas City is not exactly a tax haven. As the Kansas City Star‘s Yael...
Disease* Runs Rampant In Missouri Public Schools
Baumol’s disease is running rampant in Missouri public schools. Before you jump in the mini-van and rush to school to...
Real School Shopping
August has arrived and that means many families will begin their back-to-school shopping. Typically, this means buying the right folders,...
School Choice And Individual Liberty
Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman once remarked: “The true test of any scholar’s work is not what his contemporaries say,...
What Is The Matter With Columbia?
The demolition of the Regency Hotel site. Photo by Timmy Huynh of the Columbia Missourian. Since 2005, the City of Columbia...
Donnybrook: Audrey Spalding Back on KETC
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding was once again a guest on Saint Louis local roundtable discussion show Donnybrook on...
Laffer’s Important Lessons For Growth, And A Note About Missouri
Last month, Art Laffer and Stephen Moore wrote in the Wall Street Journal about how high taxation destroys economic growth....
Revisionist TIF History From Columbia’s City Manager
The Columbia Missourian has published an overview of the statewide use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF), a development subsidy that...
Power & Light District Gets A Wall Street Journal Feature, With Predictable Results
For our regular readers, the fact that the Kansas City Power & Light District (P&LD) is hemorrhaging taxpayer money is no...
Reminder: Health Care ‘Reform’ Law Raises Costs On Young People
Next week, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA,)...
Left Behind
A recent Wall Street Journal article notes the increasing push from state governments to eliminate or reduce personal income taxes. This...
