Missouri Employees To Receive Same Raise, Regardless Of Performance
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that state employees earning less than $70,000 per year will receive a 2 percent raise,...
Too Little, Too Late?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that regulators have granted banks increased flexibility to rent foreclosed homes that they cannot sell....
Successfully Competing For Students
In 2000, 48 percent of parents in the Maplewood-Richmond Heights School District chose to opt out of that public school...
I Am Not Alone On The Dome
I have not been shy about expressing my distaste for the current proposals being bandied about for upgrading the Edward Jones...
A Victory For Educational Choice
Though Missouri legislators may not accomplish much on tax credit reform, and are pushing forward misguided land bank legislation, there...
Missouri’s Low Cigarette Taxes (And Why They Should Stay That Way)
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently published an article lamenting the fact that Missouri has the nation’s lowest taxes on cigarettes....
Papa John’s and The Case of the Over-Regulated Food Trucks
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the city has sent out new maps setting out where food trucks can set up shop...
Richmond Heights: TIF Gone Bad
Richmond Heights is the latest city in Missouri to dangle Tax Increment Financing (TIF) incentives in front of hungry developers...
The Post-Dispatch’s $4 Billion Tax Hike
Missouri’s major dailies have had quite a run over the past few days. Last week, the Kansas City Star told...
We Need Historic Tax Cuts, Not Tax Credits
Saint Louis, the destination of more than $1 billion in state tax credits since 2000, may soon be home to...
Donnybrook: Audrey Spalding Reappears on KETC
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst Audrey Spalding was once again a guest on Saint Louis local roundtable discussion show Donnybrook on...
Props To Sen. Crowell For Speaking Out Against Budget Gimmicks
Today, the Missouri House of Representatives approved a $24 billion state budget. What remains to be seen is whether that...
Why On God’s Green Earth Can Cities Override The County TIF Commission?
I have been able to determine that the best and worst laws are in Missouri. This is the best law....
The City of Ellisville Versus the Saint Louis County TIF Commission
Last night, Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes testified against the use of tax increment financing (TIF) before the Saint...
Teacher Tenure: Why Should Educators Be Different?
All the children in Lake Wobegon are above average. In the past 10 years, the Parkway School District in...
A Free Speech Win In Saint Louis
St. Louis resident Jim Roos, in front of the offending sign. Photo by the Institute for Justice. Good news for...
Will Missouri Impose One Mandate As It Fights Another?
Regarding health care, Missouri’s legislature is getting it right on at least one front. On the one hand, it is...
Retired Missouri Supreme Court Justice: Decline Tax Credit Redemptions for a Year (or More?)
There have been numerous suggestions on how to cure Missouri’s budget deficit this year. Last month, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s...
Teacher Tenure: Why Should Educators Be Different?
On Monday, Missouri Rep. Scott Dieckhaus (R-Dist. 109) proposed a bill (House Bill 1526) to reform the state’s teacher tenure laws. As we...
Fear Of Censorship Has Little To Do With Teacher Tenure Reform
In yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Frank LoMonte writes that teacher tenure reform might result in public school journalism teachers being...
