Are Missouri’s Highways And Bridges Crumbling?
Supporters of Amendment 7, the proposed 0.75-cent transportation sales tax, have increasingly begun to argue that Missouri’s roads and bridges...
Thomas Piketty and Mises’s ‘The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality’
As first appearing at Mises.org: Ludwig von Mises, a mentor to Friedrich Hayek and a major figure in economics in...
Excessive Regulation, Not Lyft, Needs To Stop Operating In St. Louis
Not long ago, stores such as Blockbuster rented out movies across the nation. Where are they now? Gone, “unwept, unhonored,...
St. Louis Taxicab Regulations Needlessly Stifle Innovation
In a recent editorial in the Post-Dispatch, the co-owner of a St. Louis area cab company cautions us to remember,...
IFF Provides Map for “Quality” Charter Schools
IFF, a nonprofit community development financial institution based out of Chicago, released its latest widget last week. The widget is...
Show-Me Now! Let Transfer Students Return
More and more school districts around St. Louis refuse to let transfer students from Normandy come back this year even...
Lovely Rita’s New Meters
Yesterday, I attended a town hall meeting that the Saint Louis Treasurer’s office hosted regarding citizen feedback on the parking technology...
Want Better Teachers In High-Need Schools? Fix Pensions
What if instead of busing students from failing school districts to accredited ones, we bused great teachers from accredited schools...
Allowing Normandy Students To Return Makes Sense To The Head And The Heart
A Joint Statement From Adolphus M. Pruitt and James V. Shuls In the fall of 2013, students from the unaccredited...
Walkability In Saint Louis: My Feet Are My Only Carriage
Recently, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch published an article discussing the walkability of the Saint Louis area. The article focuses on a...
Hairbrained Licensing Of Hair Braiders
Today, the Institute for Justice (IJ) filed suit in federal court in Saint Louis to overturn Missouri’s awful licensing system...
Power Play In Southeast Missouri
Ameren is one of the state’s largest electrical utilities. Noranda is an aluminum company in Southeast Missouri that, due to...
Lake Of The Ozarks To Waste Sales Tax Monies On Passenger Rail
As Missourians consider whether or not to vote for a transportation sales tax, localities and regions are writing up their...
A Student Is More Than Five Numbers
On my first day of student teaching in a low-income community, one child cursed at me; another jumped out of...
Saint Louis City To Waste Sales Tax Monies On Streetcars, Transit-Oriented Development
Saint Louis City officials released their wish list for the anticipated $260 million from the proposed 0.75 cent statewide transportation...
Shopping For Schools At EAGLE College Prep
More than a year ago, I sat down with Suzanne Johnson and Matt Hoehner to discuss the charter school they...
Show-Me Now! Red Tape: No Fare for Lyft, Uber
The Show-Me Institute’s Director of Local Government Policy, David Stokes, talks about the regulatory capture that taxi cabs enjoy in...
May 20 (St. Louis): 2014 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Missouri Sen. John Lamping (R-Dist. 24) talks about the recently concluded 2014 state legislative session.
Useless Taxi Regulation In Saint Louis
The recent conflict between Lyft and the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission (MTC) adds even more credence to the argument...
MetroLink: The Great Race – Part Deux
On Friday, May 9, Citizens for Modern Transit (CMT) held a race between the MetroLink, cars, and bikers from one...
