Missouri’s (Hopefully Successful) DMV Makeover
When I hear the term driver’s license, I either think of Olivia Rodrigo’s breakout song or the prospect of waiting...
Nevada 911!
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is seeking to improve the city’s troubled 911 response system by consolidating the heretofore separate...
St. Louis Is Shrinking. Let’s Reverse the Trend
The headline “St. Louis is America’s fastest-shrinking city” should set off alarm bells for St. Louis lawmakers and citizens. It’s...
Rooftop Solar Power Law Acts as Subsidy for the Wealthy
A policy meant to encourage more rooftop solar power generation could be costing all ratepayers and subsidizing the affluent. The...
It’s Time for Missouri to Embrace Innovation in Education
Missouri is one of 13 states without any statewide programs to promote Next Generation Learning (a term coined by the...
2018 Blueprint: Income Tax Reform
THE PROBLEM: Missouri’s economy has been stalled for almost two decades, as startup growth has slowed and entrepreneurs and taxpayers...
Is Amazon Getting into the Pharmacy Business? Let’s Hope So
Competition and supply are good things, and as we’ve said before, health care needs more of both. Innovations along those...
Microhospitals Booming-But Not in Missouri, Thanks to Certificate of Need
We often preach that boosting the supply of health care services is a necessary component of any serious and significant...
Malachi’s School Choice Story
Just last year, 5-year-old Malachi’s home was an orphanage in Ethiopia, and he was unable to walk due to crippling...
It Could Be Worse. Not Much Worse, but It Could Be Worse.
The Bureau of Economic Analysis recently released data on real GDP for all 50 states. Since Missouri’s growth in recent...
Education Savings Accounts Found Constitutional in Nevada
Last week, a Clark County judge threw out a constitutional challenge to Nevada’s landmark education savings account program. The ACLU...
Flood of ESA Applications Demonstrates Demand for Choice
The Nevada Treasurer’s Office has been flooded with applications from parents seeking to use the state’s new Education Savings Account...
The News Tribune Gets School Choice Wrong
The Jefferson City News Tribune’s editorial board published an article yesterday called, “Changes in Public Education Complicate Pressing Choices.” They wrote,...
The Best School Choice Program in America
Universal health care, universal broadband, universal daycare—attaching the word “universal” to a government service connotes inefficiency, lack of choice, and...
Time For A Game Of ‘UNION… OR… TEA PARTY!’
The rules of the game are pretty simple. I give you a statement, and you tell me whether it came...
Attorney General Chris Koster Should Join the Multistate Health Care Lawsuit in Florida
When they passed Proposition C last August, Missourians demonstrated their overwhelming opposition to the federal health care reform law. They...
Striking Correlations Between Income Taxes and Congressional Reapportionment
Only seven states levy absolutely no income tax. According to the U.S. Census data released today, only eight states will...
State and Local Government Employment and Payroll Data in Missouri Follows National Trend
This month, the Cato Institute published a bulletin titled “Employee Compensation in State and Local Governments,” in which the author...
Public Health Spending
On Monday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran this opinion piece discussing the amount of public health spending by state. The...
Proposed Variant of the Public Service Academy
By way of the Panama City Renaissance School blog, I’ve learned that an executive director of a teachers’ union in...
