Show-Me Institute Podcast

Jonah Goldberg joins KMOX's Hancock and Kelley to discuss his upcoming event with the Show-Me Institute. Originally aired on 9-14-2018.

Patrick Ishmael, Show-Me Institute's Director of Government Accountability, joins Gary Nolan to debunk the most common Right to Work myths. Originally aired on 93.9 The Eagle's Gary Nolan Show on July 5, 2018. Learn more about Right to Work: https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/employment-jobs/prop-facts

Dr. James V. Shuls, Show-Me Institute's Distinguished Fellow of Education Policy, joins KMOX's Charlie Brennan to discuss why Missouri lowered its testings standards and the negative repercussions its had on students. Originally aired on KMOX in St. Louis on July 3, 2018. Learn more in "Like A Sore Thumb: Missouri's Testing Standards Buck National Trend": https://showmeinstitute.org/blog/accountab...

Missouri is one of only five states in the country where 17-year-olds are still automatically tried as adults, but with that comes some problems. Show-Me Institute's Director of Municipal Government, Patrick Tuohey, discusses the benefits of reforming the state's sentencing laws for juvenile offenders. Originally Aired on "The Gary Nolan Show" on 5/10/2018

How can 90% of Missouri students graduate from high school, but only 42.5% are “College or Career Ready”? Well, some are arguing that even though graduation rates are at an all-time high, rates of proficiency have stagnated and declined. On top of that, many Missouri students lack access to higher-level coursework such as AP course like calculus or physics. The lack of “STEM” courses offered in hi...

Show-Me Minute: Liberty At the Show-Me Institute, our motto is “Where Liberty Comes First”. But what does Liberty mean? It’s making your own decisions. Taking responsibility for your own actions. Lots of Missourians are willing to do that, but government refuses to do simple things to help people take charge of their lives. How about more school choice for parents and their children? And fewer gov...

Free Markets When I say free markets, what do I mean? Grocery stores where you don’t have to pay anything? No, it’s an economy with no or very little government interference. Where consumers decide who succeeds or fails, not public officials picking winners and losers. We’ve seen it all too often. Governments giving away millions of dollars in tax subsidies for everything from sports stadiums to b...

Show-Me Minute-Education Reform If knowledge really is power, are we giving our kids enough mental muscle? According to recent tests, most of Missouri’s students aren’t ready for high school work by 9th grade, and aren’t ready for college upon graduation. We need to reform education, and explore every option. Why are Kansas City and St. Louis the only cities allowed to have charter schools in Miss...

Transportation Remember the old muffler commercial where the mechanic says to the car owner, you can pay me now, or pay me later? He meant the muffler was worn out, and the implication was the longer the owner waited, the higher the repair bill was going to be. So it is with Missouri’s highways. Mo Dot says I-70 desperately needs to be replaced, and the cost for that and other big projects will be...

Listen to our telephone town hall from January 18, 2018. Run time: 42 mins

Show-Me Minute Charter Schools Demand for Charter schools is at an all-time high. But that doesn’t mean your child necessarily has the choice to attend one. Charter schools are limited to students in Kansas City and St. Louis. But even in those areas, there are limitations. Is that fair? Currently, tens of thousands of students across the state are denied the chance at a better education. The solu...

In an election year, you can vote for anyone you choose. But if you’re a union government worker, like many police officers, teachers and firefighters in Missouri, the odds are good you have no choice at all. Imagine we voted for our public officials once and only once for a lifetime appointment. Would that be fair? In Missouri, once a union becomes the exclusive representative for a group of publ...

Show-Me Minute - Tax Subsidies Remember alphabet soup when you were a kid? And trying to make the letters into words? Lawmakers like to play with letters too…with tax subsidies. TIFs, CIDs, TDDs, the list goes on. But they have one thing in common. They give corporations OUR tax dollars. That’s money that we taxpayers could otherwise save and spend ourselves. And Missouri is one of the most genero...

Should hair braiders have to go through the same expensive and rigorous training as a cosmetologist? Attorneys for a group of Missouri women who specialize in African-style hair braiding say “no” and we’re back in court Wednesday appealing their case in federal court. We’ve discussed the importance of occupation licensing reform before and there’s no better example than Missouri’s licensing restri...

Show-Me Minute: Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) We have talked before about why raising the minimum wage is a bad idea. Because it hurts the very people it’s supposed to help. Business owners in Seattle reacted to the city’s new $13 an hour minimum wage by cutting hours for low wage workers. Overall income for those workers dropped $100 million! So if raising the minimum wage isn’t a good idea, wh...

Show-Me Minute - Seattle minimum wage It seems like a good idea. Raise the minimum wage so low paid workers will make more money. Their standard of living will rise, and the overall economy will benefit. But, sorry, the market doesn’t work that way, and now there is proof. A few years ago, the city of Seattle decided to raise its minimum wage from $9.47 an hour to $13 an hour at the start of 2016,...

For the first time in our state’s history, the Legislature has fully funded the education formula at a price tag of $3.4 billion, but will this additional funding be well spent? If the past is any indicator of the future it will probably include hiring more teachers, administrators, and staff through what’s called a “staffing surge.” A lot of people believe hiring more teachers and staff translate...

Brenda Talent joins KMOX's Reardon Roundtable on Friday, June 30, 2017 to debate important issues of the week including safety concerns with MetroLink, healthcare reform, and funding for MoDOT.

On Monday, June 26, 2017, the United State Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in favor of a Columbia preschool that was denied a state grant to purchase scrap tires for their playground. What impact will the court's decision in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer have on religious institutions moving forward? Show-Me Institute's Michael McShane appeared on KCMO radio's Greg Knapp Show on June 28 to discuss.

Graham Renz, Policy Researcher for the Show-Me Institute, joins host Ryan Wrecker to explain if your tax dollars are being spent appropriately in the state of Missouri. Wrecker then transitions to a unique story about a Pennsylvania radio host who quit his job after the station told him he was not allowed to continue to talk down President Trump on his weekend Classic Rock show.

Show-Me Minute-Liberty At the Show-Me Institute, our motto is “Where Liberty Comes First”. But what does Liberty mean? It’s making your own decisions. Taking responsibility for your own actions. Lots of Missourians are willing to do that, but government refuses to do simple things to help people take charge of their lives. How about more school choice for parents and their children? And fewer gove...

Show-Me Minute: Transportation Kicking the can down the road was fun as a kid, but it’s not good public policy when you grow up. And that’s what our officials are doing with Missouri roads. Look, MoDot says I-70 desperately needs to be rebuilt, and the cost for that and other big projects will be in the billions of dollars. How about hiking the state’s gas tax? It’s one of the lowest in the countr...

Show-Me Minute: Transportation Development Districts (TDDs) Wouldn’t it be great to have someone else pay your bills? Too many private developers are doing just that…and Missouri taxpayers are footing the bill. Let’s say a developer wants to build a shopping mall. He sets up what is known as a TDD…transportation development district. He can then add to the sales tax in that area, and use that mone...

Listen to our 2017 Missouri Legislative Recap Telephone Town Hall. This recap includes discussion of the bills passed, and defeated in Jefferson City and what this means for our state going forward. This recording is from May 17, 2017. To learn more visit: showmeinstitute.org

Patrick Ishmael interviewed on campaign finance reform during an "Up In the Air" segment from 3-16-2017 in St. Louis.