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.”...
Vouchers for SLPS
There’s an interesting op-ed regarding vouchers over at the Columbia Daily Tribune this morning. The author argues that one possible...
Health Insurance for High-Risk Patients
Missouri legislators want to expand the state’s high risk health insurance pool: The bill makes it easier to get into...
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...
Merger mania
Just as Richmond Heights and Clayton near the end of their joint study on merging the cities, legislation has been...
Language, Dress of Thought
The English-language cartel is pushing for more regulations: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The House voted Wednesday to require commercial drivers...
Common Sense in Arizona
The Arizona Republic, the state’s largest paper, has a great editorial defending Arizona’s new scholarship tax credit program, which is...
Riding the bus to the county, and a stronger MO
Amidst the state takeover of the St. Louis Public Schools, education reformers are tossing around a number of ideas for...
More of the Same in Saint Louis Schools
Outstate Missourians are annoyed that so many of Missouri’s tax dollars have gone towards education in St. Louis, with poor...
