New Jersey’s governor is pushing for the privatization of numerous public services as a means to trim the state’s budget. These services […]
High Heat and Low Taxes
LeBron James recently announced that he will be moving to Miami. This is great news for Miami, but terrible news […]
Saint Louis’s Paideia Academy, a charter school, is set to close its doors following a recent defeat in a court […]
If you happen to be in the St. Louis area and near a radio (or at a computer pretty much […]
Assessing Legal Prospects for Lawsuit Over Federal Health Care Reform
On July 7, Missouri’s lieutenant governor filed suit against the recently passed federal health care reform. It’s difficult to know […]
The Kansas City Star has some disappointing news: A special legislative session offering incentives to Missouri’s automobile industry was transformed […]
Developer Should Bear Risk of Failure
I was pleased to see that the Post-Dispatch ran a letter to the editor today that I wrote in response […]
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. […]
A court ruling on Monday likely means that Paideia Academy — a charter elementary school in Saint Louis plagued with […]
As a casual reader, it’s hard not to get optimistic when reading the statements state officials make when awarding tax […]
The Post-Dispatch reports today that the city of Charlack is installing speed cameras along I-170 in near-north St. Louis County. […]
Next on the Agenda: 100% of the Carriage Wheel Market!
Last week, MissouriNet reported on the president’s speech in Kansas City, in which he talked about clean energy: President [Barack] […]
“Doesn’t Anybody Notice This? I Feel Like I’m Taking Crazy Pills!”
According to the St. Louis Business Journal, the Missouri state government just doled out $17 million in state funds to […]
While running errands last week, I was witness to an interesting phenomenon twice over. First, I passed a Walgreens that […]
LeBron James Votes With His Feet (And Perhaps Uses Show-Me Institute’s IDEAS Application?)
This is admittedly old news, but in my defense, I do not follow sports. From the Wall Street Journal: According […]
The Kansas City Star recently reported on Kansas City’s adoption of a long-range transportation plan to “emphasiz[e] energy conservation, environmental […]
The email that I cited in my previous blog entry also contains the following passage: Much has been made of […]
Missouri’s Development Tax Credits Cost Too Much, Deliver Too Little
In a recent Post-Dispatch op-ed (“Tax credits work for Missouri,” June 17), Donald Rosemann argues that tax credits create jobs […]
In the first half of the 20th century, Saint Louis boasted an extensive system of streetcars, which were slowly wiped […]
I recently received a thought-provoking email from a Show-Me Daily reader. This person writes: The more I read your posts […]
