Taxing Smokers Does Not Show Support of Education
As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: These days there are a lot of calls to make people pay...
Enforcing Macks Creek Law: Progress in Saint Louis County
Last month, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster sued 13 cities in Saint Louis County for violating Macks Creek Law, which caps...
Why a Whopping Increase in Missouri’s Cigarette Tax Is a Bad Idea
While growing up in the small border town of Atchison, Kan., my father, uncles, and family friends made frequent trips...
Attorney General Chris Koster’s Amicus Brief Only Goes Halfway
The Show-Me Institute has been one of the leaders in urging Missouri’s attorney general, Chris Koster, to join the lawsuit...
Missouri: A State of Uncertainty on Health Care Regulation
Last month, a judge in Florida struck down the individual mandate component of the federal health care regulation, and declared...
Judge in Florida Overturns Federal Health Care Law
The judge in the multstate lawsuit struck down the individual mandate component of the federal health care regulation. Twenty-six states...
Missouri’s Attorney General Is Still Not Yet On Board Florida Lawsuit
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has not yet signed onto the multistate lawsuit challenging the federal health care law. At least...
Florida Deadline Comes and Goes; Missouri’s Attorney General Is Not Yet On Board
Not only have a majority of Missouri voters signaled that they’re against the health care law, lawmakers in Jeff City...
Missouri House Passed Resolution Encouraging Koster to Join Lawsuit
Yesterday, with a vote of 115-46, the Missouri House passed a resolution encouraging Missouri to join the multistate lawsuit in...
The Benefits of Federalism and Self-Government
Here is a fantastic video made by the students of Young Americans for Liberty at the University of Virginia (full...
Missouri’s Attorney General Should Join Health Care Reform Lawsuit
When Missourians passed Proposition C last August with more than 71 percent of the vote, they signaled opposition to the...
Hello, My Name Is Christine and I Have a Health Savings Account
Today, the Springfield News-Leader ran my recent editorial in which I argue that Attorney General Chris Koster should join the...
An Open Letter to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster
Dear Atty. Gen. Koster: To date, 20 out of the 50 states have joined a multi-state lawsuit challenging the constitutionality...
Attorney General Chris Koster Should Join the Multistate Health Care Lawsuit in Florida
When they passed Proposition C last August, Missourians demonstrated their overwhelming opposition to the federal health care reform law. They...
Well, That’s One Way to Increase Health Care Costs
On Tuesday, Gov. Jay Nixon announced his first priority for the coming legislative session: Requiring prescriptions for medicines that contain...
Civics 101
If the legislature writes the laws, who enforces them? The executive branch? No — according to state senators Tim Green...
