Combest today links to a Post-Dispatch article about changes to the Missouri State Pension system made earlier this year. Briefly, […]
Strip Club Patrons Vote With Their Feet
According to a recent article in the Kansas City Star, strip clubs in Missouri have fewer customers and fewer revenues […]
According to the Kansas City Star, Sen. Kit Bond has been trying to stop the passage of the American Medical […]
KMOV, a news station in Saint Louis, has begun airing a multi-part series on school administrator pay. Reporter Craig Cheatham […]
Let’s Cut Tax Credit Programs! (Just Not Any of the Tax Credits That Benefit Me)
According to an article by Brian Hook at the Missouri Watchdog: With seven of the 25 commissioners present, nine residents […]
Here is a tragic story about a young football player who suffered a heart attack after scoring a touchdown. Thankfully, […]
Tax Credit Programs in Missouri: Projected vs. Actual Results
According to a recent AP story by David Lieb: [Gov. Jay] Nixon’s main evidence is anecdotal yet tangible. He cites […]
According to this article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington University’s Center for Tobacco Policy Research reported finding 31 times […]
“If Missouri Will Issue a Dollar for a Tax Credit, It Should Get a Dollar Back”
Last week, I attended the first meeting of the Tax Credit Review Commission in Jefferson City. In his opening remarks, […]
When I was pursuing my teacher certification, nearly all of my education classes stressed that teachers should teach to different […]
Decades ago, only doctors, lawyers, and accountants were required to get a license from the state before they could lawfully […]
If you care about going green, you should care about internalizing the costs of pollution. If you care about sustainability, […]
New Blog Feature: Random!
Whether you are a regular reader of Show-Me Daily, a sometimes visitor, or a first-time glancer, you can see that […]
Voter Turnout
Various commenters across the state continue to argue that Prop C’s thundering success at the Aug. 3 primary election should […]
Like many boys who were in grade school in St. Louis during the mid-1980s, I lived for the Zippo Awards […]
SMI Author Quoted in New York Times Regarding Latest Stimulus Proposals
In doing some research for a post about the latest stimulus proposals, I came across this quote in the New […]
Iowa Is Cutting Its Film Tax Credit Program Permanently (And Missouri Should, Too!)
Remember how, earlier this year, some individuals abused Iowa’s film tax credit program by inflating expenses and buying luxury vehicles? […]
There was a terrific editorial in Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal about proposals in Clayton and Richmond Heights to institute […]
The Springfield News-Leader published a letter to the editor on the subject of federal expenditures in Missouri (link via John […]
Higher Taxes Don’t Need to Be the Only Choice for Roads
Yesterday’s Hannibal Courier-Post had a story about the recent MoDOT Board of Commissioners meeting in Shelbina. (Hat tip to Combest.) […]
