Real Estate Law Protects Realtors From Competition
The FTC has just released a report that discusses how realtors’ associations have lobbied for regulations to keep out competition....
Saint Louis Public Schools Get More and More Desperate
The Saint Louis Board of Education is fighting the state takeover tooth and nail: The St. Louis Board of Education...
Critics Misrepresent Poll Methodology
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article that called into question the methodology of the poll we commissioned...
Saint Louis Kids Deserve Choices
Parents and students in Missouri have essentially three choices: public education in their local district, attending a private school,...
Slowly creeping forward…
After years of status quo, "throw money at it" solutions to difficulties in public education, Missouri is finally moving forward...
Politicians are the Real Gougers
Although Claire McCaskill has been a stellar example of fiscal responsibility so far in her battle against the congressional earmark...
Missouri Bloggers on Show-Me Institute School Choice Survey Results
The study released Monday by SMI has been widely circulated in Missouri’s blog world. The state’s patron saint of blogging,...
School Choice Around the World
The Economist has an article about the benefits about parental choice in education: Voucher schemes are running in several different...
Ready for Change: What Missourians Think of Parental Choice and the Public Schools
The Show-Me Institute has released a new study detailing Missouri’s overwhelming level of support for school choice, as demonstrated from...
You Can’t Make a Silk Purse from a Sow’s Earmarks
Claire McCaskill, Missouri’s freshman senator, has been keeping her campaign promise to fight congressional earmarks, the budget process by which...
Quality Jobs, Questionable TIFS, and Cameras, Cameras, Cameras
Over at the Columbia Daily Tribune they have a depressing article about the corruption of a bill to expand the...
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...
Welcome Eric Dixon
I’m pleased to announce that the Show-Me Institute has a new editor. Eric Dixon joins us from Idaho, where he...
State Invertebrate
Here’s a funny excerpt from the legislative report of the Missouri Medical Association, the cartel professional association that believes expectant...
The Credit Hours of Local Comparative Politics, Just for You …
O’Fallon, Mo., is considering expanding its city council in response to rapid population growth. If the 75,000 estimated population is...
Centene Questions Continue
A regular reader e-mailed me with his thoughts on the recent decision against Centene and Clayton in the ongoing battle...
Slap Happy Days Are Here Again…
It is every elected officials’ favorite question: What to do with a budget surplus? The Post-Dispatch has a good article...
Eye Exams for Everyone
The state of Missouri may soon require comprehensive eye exams for all students entering kindergarten or first grade: Parents without...
MOHELA Money II: Biotech Boogaloo
Looks like Gov. Blunt and friends will get their MOHELA money after all. At this juncture, pointing out just how...
How to Spur Budding Industries
I have to disagree a bit with Steve’s assertion that doling out state money will “drive Missouri’s budding biotech industry.”...
