May 15, 2013: As the outreach arm of the Truman School of Public Affairs (TSPA), the Institute of Public Policy (IPP) is committed to providing public service and applied educational opportunities for TSPA students. One example is the Truman Leadership Project.

May 15, 2013: Missouri’s tax credit system is a sticky wicket. No one knows that better than Chuck Gross, former state senator and two-time co-chair of Governor Jay Nixon’s Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission, and Brian Dabson, director of the Institute of Public Policy.

The U.S. holds the shameful status as the leader in day-of-birth infant mortality among all industrialized nations. Two reasons behind this fact are premature births and teen pregnancy. According to UNICEF, one percent of...