Show Me Institute’s Patrick Ishmael delivered testimony in Springfield, MO regarding tax reform and tax credits. Hat tip: FM NewsTalk 97.1 – Fox News Radio – St. Louis, MO Related: SMI: ESSAY: EDUCATION, INCOME, AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR ACROSS MISSOURI Lawsuit Filed to Uncover True Cost to Taxpayer of Renewable Energy Scheme in Missouri

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     Click here to watch Patrick Tuohey from the Show Me Institute discusses charter schools, course access, and cost per student with guest host Chris Arps. Related: Video: Brenda Talent of the Show Me Institute Video: Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying  

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Hat tip:showmeinstitute Ticketmaster is proposing paperless ticketing technology that would limit the freedom of fans to buy, sell, and give away tickets to concerts and other events. Show-Me Institute Research Assistant Kacie Galbraith stopped by the recent Justin Bieber concert in Saint Louis to ask fans what they think of the change.

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/Hl5jkGZ2vk4″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Hat tip:dsm0012 Brenda Talent, executive director of the Show Me Institute, speaks at the Your Money, Your Values, Your Vote meeting in Chesterfield, MO. This was a stop on the FRC and Heritage Foundation sponsored Values Bus tour. Brenda talked about the Show Me Institute, a free-market think tank that […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/8eq8qQTSWIA” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]Hat tip: showmeinstitute The Missouri Department of Transportation, MODOT, is looking into ways of funding necessary maintenance on the main east-to-west highway across Missouri — Interstate 70. One funding option is to raise the gas tax state-wide. An alternative proposal from MODOT is to institute a toll on the highway. […]

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Who do you think would have more credibility at creating jobs? A former community organizer who has never had a private sector job in his life and who spent four years in the Illinois state senate and two years in the US Senate, or, a businessman who heads a firm with 30,000 employees in 3,000 locations in 43 states and 13 countries?

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Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding describes how even though the $360 million Aerotropolis tax credit package has been trimmed by $300 million, that same funding for warehouse development may ultimately come about anyway from other, existing tax credit programs.

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Hat tip:showmeinstitute St. Louis University assistant professor Doug Rush calls proponents of Aerotropolis the “Cargo Cult”. Here’s why he thinks it’s a misguided idea. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/qP-JP682nPM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Hat tip:showmeinstitute The city of Saint Louis just declared as “blighted” the plot of land on which the eye-catching South Grand Del Taco resides. The business still runs 24/7 and gets customers, even in spite of the nearby bridge closing. Why would the city blight an intact and functioning business? Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey […]

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Hat tip:showmeinstitute Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes weighs in on red light cameras in Saint Louis — the recent ruling that found such cameras illegal in Saint Louis, and the implications of the ruling for the city payroll tax. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/FFhG6pfhuYM” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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