Good News and Bad News
Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau were released yesterday, leaving us with good news and bad news. First, the good...
Pig in a Suburb
Most cities in urban areas strictly limit the number and types of animals you can own. You know what, I’ll...
Textbook
My heart sank when I read this story from the Post-Dispatch today. A commercial developer has targeted a neighborhood in...
“… and it is anticipated that they will continue to do so in the future.”
A few weeks ago, I pointed out that cities across the state were creating a war chest to try to...
Missouri Ranked No. 1!
For all of you Mizzou Tiger fans, please don’t get your hopes up. This No. 1 ranking has nothing to...
Regulating Restaurants
There are myriad proposals out there to create onerous new regulations, but this one takes the cake: :In New York...
Missouri Private School Regulations Make the Grade
The Friedman Foundation has graded all 50 states on how they regulate private schools. The states with the highest grades...
Casinos Stacking the Odds in Their Favor
The Secretary of State recently approved Proposition A for inclusion on the November ballot. While I express no opinion as...
For Interior Design Protectionism, the Writing Is on the Wall
Recently, the Institute for Justice released a response to criticisms aimed at their ongoing case against the regulation of interior...
Safe & Sound Bridge Program Still Stalled
MoDOT has been planning for some time to use an innovative public-private partnership program to repair 802 of the worst...
Ohio’s Successful Austism Scholarship Program Is Good for Districts, Too
Edspresso links to this article about Ohio’s Autism Scholarship Program. The program has been growing since Ohio instituted it in...
Reason Ranks Our Roads
MoDOT is trumpeting — and deservedly so — the new state highway rankings released by the Reason Foundation in their...
Show-Me Road Trip
I have recently returned from a two-week road trip through the rural parts of our state, where I was out...
Battling the Budget Backlash
Any time people actively discuss the Missouri budget, I get excited. When it happens to be the editorial board of...
Schools First? Well … Second, at Least
There’s no question in my mind that the “Yes for Schools First” campaign would more accurately be called “Yes for...
Return of Gas Lines to Missouri!!!
But these aren’t the same as the price-control induced lines from the 1970s. According to the Post-Dispatch, Rhodes 101 Service...
Responsibility
Tuesday, the Columbia Public Schools superintendent announced that she was retiring. The timing was off. The shuffle of superintendents, either...
It’s a Judgment Call
We have a desk stacked with 324 superintendent contracts. Quite a few superintendents have asked Audrey and me just what...
Compromise Is Key
As noted in an earlier post by David Stokes, Bradley Ferguson just can’t seem to catch a break these days....
What You Pay For
There are wide gaps in pay and benefits between superintendents at rich and poor districts — even for those with...
