Hannah Montana Tests New Scalping Laws: Some Parents Intimidated by Their 9-Year Olds
Both the Kansas City Star and KSDK – Channel Five in St. Louis are reporting on the difficulty of getting...
Saint George: Symptom of a Larger Problem? Or Is It a Smaller Problem?
Traffic ticket hotspot St. George, Missouri, is still on people’s minds after that ugly incident with the police officer last...
In Praise of MoDOT
I stand here today to praise MoDOT. These are words you do not often hear in Missouri, where attitudes toward...
Reading, Writing, and… Labor Studies
John Combest links to an article about the University of Missouri at Kansas City. UMKC is getting rid of its...
Books are Burning
The Post-Dispatch reports that a used book store owner in Kansas City, unable to unload his thousands of warehoused books,...
All Eminent Domain at the Post Today…
Today’s Post-Dispatch gives extensive coverage to various eminent domain issues in St. Charles, Jefferson and St. Louis Counties. The St....
A Fair Compromise on Transit
Metro needs a lot of things, and one thing it is getting is a tax cut. Legislation has been sent...
Update on the Amendment We Don’t Need
This story shows why we don’t need to legislate that government affairs be conducted in English: Senator Kevin Engler of...
Trains, market gains and monopolies…
Yesterday, my colleague, Sarah Brodsky, posted on the report on Missourinet about MoDOT’s desire to improve Amtrak’s performance in order...
A Good Idea for KC
Kansas City-area officials are considering building a new jail to serve to prison needs of the area, not just one...
More on Midwives
State Sen. Loudon’s bill to get rid of some restrictions on midwives is being stopped by a filibuster: A bill...
Assessor’s Office Is Very, Very Busy
Word on the street is that St. Louis County Government is currently getting deluged by phone calls regarding the on-average...
There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch, Part 1
Today’s Post-Dispatch has a valuable AP story on recent Kansas City-area participants in the ABC television show, "Extreme Makeover," and...
Virtual School
Some parents are upset that grades 6 through 8 are left out of Missouri’s new online education program for the...
St. Louis Could Gain New Charter Schools
Mayor Slay is trying to open more charter schools in St. Louis: Slay said he envisioned a wide range of...
A Mean-spirited Letter on Parental Choice
A letter to the editor in today’s Post shows the ugly, mean-spirited attitude of some opponents of parental choice: Regarding...
Charter Schools Help Minority Students Catch Up
Minority students are falling behind in the public school system. The graduation rate for Missouri’s white students is 87.4 percent;...
Stadium Proposal is Unfair to Taxpayers
Should Kansas City’s taxpayers pay for the renovation of the Truman Sports Center? Advocates for the proposal offer two...
Law Enforcement Shouldn’t Profit from Forfeiture
Did you know that in many states, if government officials suspect your home, business, car, or other property was used...
