Missouri Must Do Better at Controlling Spending
A version of the following commentary appeared in the Springfield News-Leader. Elections and inaugurations are a time for reflection and...
A Window For Kansas City Schools?
For years, Marisol Montero, newly-elected member of the Kansas City (Mo.) School District’s board of directors, has navigated the district’s...
State Government Employee Thinks the Private Sector Exists to Serve Him
There is a very weak letter-to-the-editor / small op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader today (hat tip to Combest) from someone with...
Fiscal Responsibility?
Using the Show-Me Institute’s “Show-Me: The Spending” online tool, I discovered some curious trends in the Missouri state budget. One...
A Very Forthright Admission About Government Employees in Kansas City
When I first saw this headline about school district employees in the Kansas City Star, I thought the article would...
Charitable Tax Credits Provide Constructive Alternative to Prop. 1
This November, Saint Louis County constituents will vote on a new annual tax of one-quarter of a cent (1...
Battling the Budget Backlash
Any time people actively discuss the Missouri budget, I get excited. When it happens to be the editorial board of...
Property, Properly
On average, the largest source of money for Missouri public school districts comes from each district’s local property tax levy....
More Lunacy Regarding Anheuser-Busch
Criticism of the Anheuser-Busch deal has grown increasingly ridiculous. In a particularly glaring example of one-sided electioneering, the Post-Dispatch reveals...
Whoops
One month into Missouri’s new ethanol fuel standards, and what have we learned? The 2006 legislation that required all gasoline...
Could You Repeat the Question?
While today’s news is mostly dominated by depression, in the form of finances, film, and the city of St. Charles...
The Bandwagon Just Got Fangs
After the General Assembly last week introduced legislation to prevent another sub-prime mortgage crisis in Missouri, the Kansas City Business...
Not Yours to Give
Governor Matt Blunt has requested federal disaster relief aid for 42 Missouri counties affected by December’s winter storms. On the...
Direct Subsidy More Efficient Than Universal Insurance
Gov. Matt Blunt’s new low-income health care plan, “Insure Missouri,” may cover more than 100,000 people by the middle of...
The Missouri Plan, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lawyers
Missourians amended our state constitution in 1940 to change the ways judges were selected for the Supreme Court, the Court...
Ethanol Wins Out, Unfortunately
An letter to the editor in today’s Springfield News-Leader laments the decision by Gov. Matt Blunt to keep a $42...
What Should We Do About Uninsured Kids?
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader complains about the number of uninsured children in Missouri: The SCHIP program provided health...
A New Border War is Starting
An article in today’s St. Joesph News-Press reports that Kansans are upset about Missouri eliminating a tax deduction that non-residents...
How the Transitional School Board Can Succeed in Saint Louis
The face of public education in Saint Louis is changing. Although court challenges continue, the city’s school board has become...
Gov. Blunt Did the Right Thing
A letter to the editor in yesterday’s Columbia Tribune claims Gov. Blunt needs to repent for cutting Medicaid: With a...
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