Overturning Light Rail a Good Decision for Kansas City
When citizens pass an initiative referendum, judges or elected officials should use the greatest of caution in exercising their...
And the Slippery Slope Award of the Day Goes To …
Missouri Sen. Scott Rupp, for his recently introduced bill that seeks to end cyberbullying in the wake of the tragic...
A Better Solution to Missouri’s Long-Term Nursing Home Care
It’s disturbing to think of nursing home abuse. Many of us have elderly family members or friends living in assisted-living...
The Battle of Midwifery
The Post-Dispatch ran a two-part article this this weekend (and this morning) on Missouri’s midwifery battle. The casual reader may...
“There’s a Very Fine Line Between Not Listening and Not Caring.”
A bill which would offer a sales tax exemption for energy-efficient appliances has been proposed in the General Assembly. The...
Eminent Domain Case Reaches Missouri Supreme Court
This morning, the Missouri Supreme Court heard oral arguments in City of Arnold v. Tourkakis, an eminent domain case that’s...
Will the Missouri Supreme Court Leave Your Home At Risk?
When Homer Tourkakis set up his dentistry practice 20 years ago in Arnold, Mo., he never dreamed that the city...
Missouri Supreme Court to Decide Whether Cities May Continue to Abuse Eminent Domain
During the five years between December 2002 and November 2007, dozens of cities acting without a constitutional charter used...
Not Early to Bed, Not Likely to Rise
The New York Times ran an op-ed in yesterday’s edition describing the negative effects of increasingly earlier start times for...
New Study Examines Tuition Tax Credits
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new policy study, "The Fiscal Effects of a Tuition Tax Credit Program in Missouri,"...
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...
Jumping on the Sub-Prime Bandwagon
The General Assembly is out to "protect" consumers once again, this time from unscrupulous mortgage brokers. I’ve written before about...
High-Tech Pigs in a Cellular Trough
While the growth of the federal government gets most of the attention from people who care about things like that,...
“&#$* No!”
If you ever find yourself in a bar in St. Charles, you’d better watch your mouth. Despite a recent study...
Judicial Smackdown in Jefferson City
Missouri Political News Service has a story on the decision by Judge Callahan in Cole County to throw out the...
The Coronation of Big Corn
An editorial in this morning’s Kansas City Star details some of the negative consequences of Missouri’s new ethanol fuel standards,...
Minimum Wage Update
Thanks are due to Combest for linking to this article about Missouri’s minimum wage, which slowly continues to go up....
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...
Some Things Surprise Me; Some Things Don’t
Just in case you didn’t know, Missouri is among the worst states in the country when it comes to eminent...
Midwifery Revisited
Today’s Post-Dispatch covers the ongoing drama in Missouri’s midwife legislation saga. Eric Dixon, the Show-Me Institute’s editor, published an op-ed...
