Hy-Vee Wants to Give the Heave-Ho to a CID
The grocery chain Hy-Vee is suing the city of Lee’s Summit over the creation of a Community Improvement District (CID)....
School Choice is Good – Part 2
For the past several years, the Missouri Secretary of State has partnered with the Hunt Institute to host the Missouri...
If at First You Don’t Succeed . . .
Try, try again, right? Unfortunately, that seems to be the motto developers are using with the Crestwood Plaza mall site....
Man versus Machine in Saint Louis
We’ve written about the encroachment of machines into the workforce previously. From fast food kiosks to the advent of workplace...
Health Care Gets a Little Less Expensive
Here’s some good news for consumers: Schnucks is dispensing free prenatal vitamins to women with prescriptions. The offer builds on...
The Schnucks Challenge
The Schnucks grocery chain faces some tough challenges regarding its plans to open a store in a Ballwin neighborhood, as a growing...
‘I Speak for the Meats’
I am no stranger to livestock. Out in WashMo, I lived across the street from Regal Dairy Farm. My dad...
Competition to the Rescue
We often hear about escalating health care costs, and policymakers debate what the state should do about it. Here’s some...
Big Bad Wal-Mart is Coming … Watch Out
An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today discusses Wal-Mart’s decision to expand some of its discount stores to Supercenters,...
Customers Benefit from Competition
The Columbia Tribune reports on a debate over legislation that would allow parents more freedom to transfer kids between schools:...
