What Will The Neighbors Think?
Despite the recent adjournment of the Missouri Legislature’s special session (which cost Missouri taxpayers more than $280,000), it wasn’t a...
Senate Removes $300 Million in Warehouse Construction Tax Credits From Aerotropolis Bill
Missouri Sen. Rob Mayer (R-Dist. 25) announced today that $300 million in tax credits for the construction of warehouses had...
Gov. Nixon’s Sky-High Travel Expenditures
While Missouri faces a $500 million budget deficit, Gov. Jay Nixon has increased his frequent flights around the state, hiding...
Florida Deadline Comes and Goes; Missouri’s Attorney General Is Not Yet On Board
Not only have a majority of Missouri voters signaled that they’re against the health care law, lawmakers in Jeff City...
Missouri House Passed Resolution Encouraging Koster to Join Lawsuit
Yesterday, with a vote of 115-46, the Missouri House passed a resolution encouraging Missouri to join the multistate lawsuit in...
Concentrated Benefits, Diffused Costs
The Kansas City Star has some disappointing news: A special legislative session offering incentives to Missouri’s automobile industry was transformed...
Audit Confirms What Show-Me Institute Scholars Have Said All Along: Tax Credits Are Overhyped
On Monday, Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee released a study of tax credit cost controls. The audit’s conclusions have been...
Missouri Legislators Decline to Name an Official State Dog
The Missouri House of Representatives defeated the bill that would have inducted the Newfoundland breed and Seaman, the dog that...
Federalism in Action
Yesterday, the Missouri House approved a constitutional amendment designed to check the federal government’s expansion of powers in the realm...
Limiting Casino Competition
A committee in the Missouri House has heard a bill to keep the Missouri Gaming Commission from closing the President...
Term Limits
I’ve heard good arguments on both sides of the term limits debate. The opposing side contends that voters should be...
Taxes and Tickets
This Missourinet article (link via Combest) about a bill in the Missouri House, H.B. 683, tackles some valid issues within...
Holding the Line on the Welfare State
The Missouri House of Representatives has shown some real political courage on the complicated issue of expanding the state’s Medicaid...
Missouri Would Be Better Off Without an Income Tax
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. The Missouri House recently took an ambitious step toward improving the...
A Half-Hearted Attempt at Regulating Lion Ownership
This is a scary follow-up to my last post on exotic animals. Missouri has almost no regulations about owning large...
The Possible Diminishing Returns of Government Transparency
When looking at the changes to the Sunshine Laws (link via Combest) that have been proposed in Missouri House Bill 316, it brings to...
Well, Now I’ll Start Leaving Smaller Tips
The Missouri House of Representatives rejected a bill yesterday which would have cut the minimum wage rate for tipped restaurant...
Taxes and a Poor Choice of Words …
When I first read the title of the Post-Dispatch’s coverage of this sales tax issue, I was confused. “House endorses...
Nap Rights
On Wednesday, the Missouri House passed a bill establishing a "Children’s Bill of Courtroom Rights." The bill outlines the rights...
Ready, Fire, Aim!
Hits and misses from around Missouri newspapers, blogs, and elsewhere today: Education Week has a story on how the increased...
