economy
Kansas City Reverses Costly Energy Code Legislation
It’s not often that there is good regulatory news out of Kansas City, but today there is. Recently, the city council passed Ordinance No. 260144, repealing and replacing the city’s residential energy code provisions and loosening several of the most…
The Lesson from Kansas—and the Question for Missouri
Dave Helling recently responded to my Show-Me Institute colleagues’ piece on what Missouri should…
Economic Updates Suggest Kansas Can Lead
If you only look at Kansas’s unemployment rate, you might think everything is fine. That’s the…
The Public Safety Climate in the City of St Louis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8pyVGWfnbU On January 21, 2026, the Show-Me Institute hosted an…
Keep an Eye on the DATA Act in Washington, D.C.
As a writer, there are moments when someone else articulates an idea so well that rewriting it in my…
Minnesota’s Economic News — W/E 1/30/26
Labor market Albert Lea Tribune: Minnesota jobs stable over the month and grew over the year KRFO: Understanding Minnesota’s December Job Losses And Gains Austin Daily Herald: Latest DEED report finds ‘solid’ labor market amid ‘flat’ job growth in…
Minnesota sees positive net domestic migration for…
The Census Bureau released its estimates today for state and national populations in 2025.…
Consumer-Regulated Electricity (CRE) and Data Centers
Data centers continue to be a hot topic in Missouri. In a recently signed executive order, the…
Young black Minnesotans are fleeing the state in search…
We at Center of the American Experiment have long noted Minnesota’s persistent loss of residents to…
The war on high housing prices is targeting the wrong…
The Trump Administration wants to make housing affordable. This is commendable. Unfortunately, among…
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