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High Heat and Low Taxes
16 Jul

High Heat and Low Taxes

Posted by Joseph Steelman Economy, Taxes

LeBron James recently announced that he will be moving to Miami. This is great news for Miami, but terrible news […]

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Snapshots Vs. Trends in School Testing
16 Jul

Snapshots Vs. Trends in School Testing

Posted by Abhi Sivasailam Accountability, Courts

Saint Louis’s Paideia Academy, a charter school, is set to close its doors following a recent defeat in a court […]

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Dave on Don Marsh This Morning
15 Jul

Dave on Don Marsh This Morning

Posted by Dave Roland Uncategorized

If you happen to be in the St. Louis area and near a radio (or at a computer pretty much […]

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Assessing Legal Prospects for Lawsuit Over Federal Health Care Reform
15 Jul

Assessing Legal Prospects for Lawsuit Over Federal Health Care Reform

Posted by Dave Roland Free-Market Reform

On July 7, Missouri’s lieutenant governor filed suit against the recently passed federal health care reform. It’s difficult to know […]

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Concentrated Benefits, Diffused Costs
14 Jul

Concentrated Benefits, Diffused Costs

Posted by Christine Harbin Economy, Taxes, Transparency

The Kansas City Star has some disappointing news: A special legislative session offering incentives to Missouri’s automobile industry was transformed […]

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Developer Should Bear Risk of Failure
14 Jul

Developer Should Bear Risk of Failure

Posted by Dave Roland Courts, Economy, Municipal Policy, Property Rights, Taxes, Transparency

I was pleased to see that the Post-Dispatch ran a letter to the editor today that I wrote in response […]

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More on MoDOT and Local Control of Roads
14 Jul

More on MoDOT and Local Control of Roads

Posted by David Stokes Courts, Transportation

Just yesterday, I wrote about the loathsome move by the itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny city of Charlack to install speed cameras on I-170 in St. […]

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There’s No Success Like Failure
14 Jul

There’s No Success Like Failure

Posted by John Payne Municipal Policy, School Choice

A court ruling on Monday likely means that Paideia Academy — a charter elementary school in Saint Louis plagued with […]

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Tax Credits: Often Not the Panacea Promised
13 Jul

Tax Credits: Often Not the Panacea Promised

Posted by Audrey Spalding Taxes, Transparency

As a casual reader, it’s hard not to get optimistic when reading the statements state officials make when awarding tax […]

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Speed Cameras Are Detestable
13 Jul

Speed Cameras Are Detestable

Posted by David Stokes Courts, Transportation

The Post-Dispatch reports today that the city of Charlack is installing speed cameras along I-170 in near-north St. Louis County. […]

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Next on the Agenda: 100% of the Carriage Wheel Market!
13 Jul

Next on the Agenda: 100% of the Carriage Wheel Market!

Posted by Caitlin Hartsell Energy, Transparency

Last week, MissouriNet reported on the president’s speech in Kansas City, in which he talked about clean energy: President [Barack] […]

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“Doesn’t Anybody Notice This? I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!”
12 Jul

“Doesn’t Anybody Notice This? I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!”

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes, Transparency

According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the Missouri state government just doled out $17 million in state funds to […]

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A Free-Market Journey
12 Jul

A Free-Market Journey

Posted by Martha King Economy, Free-Market Reform

While running errands last week, I was witness to an interesting phenomenon twice over. First, I passed a Walgreens that […]

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LeBron James Votes With His Feet (And Perhaps Uses Show-Me Institute’s IDEAS Application?)
12 Jul

LeBron James Votes With His Feet (And Perhaps Uses Show-Me Institute’s IDEAS Application?)

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes

This is admittedly old news, but in my defense, I do not follow sports. From the Wall Street Journal: According […]

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Whose Benefits? Whose Costs?
12 Jul

Whose Benefits? Whose Costs?

Posted by Martha King Transportation

The Kansas City Star recently reported on Kansas City’s adoption of a long-range transportation plan to “emphasiz[e] energy conservation, environmental […]

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“There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”
09 Jul

“There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch”

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes, Transparency

The email that I cited in my previous blog entry also contains the following passage: Much has been made of […]

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Missouri’s Development Tax Credits Cost Too Much, Deliver Too Little
09 Jul

Missouri’s Development Tax Credits Cost Too Much, Deliver Too Little

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes

In a recent Post-Dispatch op-ed (“Tax credits work for Missouri,” June 17), Donald Rosemann argues that tax credits create jobs […]

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Saint Louis Streetcars Making a Comeback?
08 Jul

Saint Louis Streetcars Making a Comeback?

Posted by John Payne Transparency, Transportation

In the first half of the 20th century, Saint Louis boasted an extensive system of streetcars, which were slowly wiped […]

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“Everything Is the Same Even if It’s Different.”
08 Jul

“Everything Is the Same Even if It’s Different.”

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes, Transparency

I recently received a thought-provoking email from a Show-Me Daily reader. This person writes: The more I read your posts […]

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Assessing Legal Prospects for Lawsuit Over Federal Health Care Reform
08 Jul

Assessing Legal Prospects for Lawsuit Over Federal Health Care Reform

Posted by Dave Roland Courts, Free-Market Reform

Yesterday morning, Missouri’s lieutenant governor filed suit against the recently passed federal health care reform. It’s difficult to know exactly […]

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