The Dangers of House Bill 148
Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed House Bill 148, which is one of those “omnibus” pieces of legislation, in this case...
Standing Up for Missouri’s Economy
Good news for opponents of cap-and-trade policy in Missouri (via the Kansas City Star‘s Prime Buzz): The climate bill passed...
Honey, I Shrunk the Legislature
A very encouraging post on the Freakonomics blog today mentions that the Maine state legislature recently proposed a bill that...
Jefferson City Roundup
This is the part of the session where things happen fast and furious. You might think our job here at...
Amazing Statement by Congressman Cleaver
Over at Prime Buzz, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver — who represents Kansas City, in case you didn’t know — is quoted...
Tradition Beats Technology
Great commentary by Capitol Calling (Jason Rosenbaum’s new blog) (link via John Boy). The bill to allow senators to have laptops...
Dark Chambers
A recent article in the Political Fix (link via Combest) discusses the use of laptops on the Senate floor. Now,...
How They Do Things in Kansas City
The Star has the goods on the latest disputes in the KC mayor’s office. I’ll let the story speak for...
Will/Can/Should the Senate Seat Roland Burris?
I am going to focus on the larger issue here, and avoid the scandal discussions and political debate. All I...
Jefferson City Leadership and Saint Louis
The leadership teams that both parties will have during the next two years in Jefferson City have been announced. It...
Vice Presidents and Lieutenant Governors: Should They Be Abolished?
An op-ed in the LA Times (link via Freakonomics) advocates that we abolish the position of vice president. As I...
Property, Properly
On average, the largest source of money for Missouri public school districts comes from each district’s local property tax levy....
Should the Attorney General Be Appointed?
I don’t usually pay too much attention to letters to the editor, but there was a very interesting one in...
Village Law Is Repealed, and Blocks Lots of Other Stupid Ideas on Its Way Out
This could not have worked out better, frankly. The harmful "Village Law" that was passed last year was properly repealed...
Women in the Missouri Legislature
This article addresses the issue of women and discrimination in the General Assembly. It sounds like some women legislators have...
More on the Missouri Health Transformation Act
I wrote about the Missouri Health Transformation Act (MHTA) when it passed the Senate last week, so I thought I...
Missouri Helmet Law Repeal?
I meant to write about this a few weeks ago when I first heard about it. Earlier this month, a...
It’s Raining Occupational Licensing Stories!
Seriously, people, I had no idea that after I testified (or, more accurately, attempted to testify) on Monday about occupational...
It Must Be a “Mc” Thing
The U.S. Senate rejected today a proposal which would have placed new restrictions on congressional “earmark” bills. Earmarks are line-item...
Corrected Numbers for Sen. McCaskill
John Hancock at MissouriPulse.com reports that Pork Busters miscalculated in its appropriations ranking of Sen. Claire McCaskill, which Maurice commented...
