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Free-Market Solutions Help All, Not Just Some
10 Jun

Free-Market Solutions Help All, Not Just Some

Posted by Caitlin Hartsell Free-Market Reform

My op-ed on the new autism mandate ran in the Missouri Record this morning, and the blogosphere has already begun […]

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Despite Government’s Encouragement, Rate of Homeownership Remains Steady
09 Jun

Despite Government’s Encouragement, Rate of Homeownership Remains Steady

Posted by Christine Harbin Transparency

The rate of homeownership has not increased to the extent that the author implies in this Post-Dispatch article: After being […]

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Could the Governor’s Executive Advisory Board Recommend Market-Based Reforms for Missouri?
09 Jun

Could the Governor’s Executive Advisory Board Recommend Market-Based Reforms for Missouri?

Posted by Thomas Duda Economy, Regulation, Transparency

While reading the Springfield Business Journal, I ran across a mention of the governor’s recently formed Executive Advisory Board, which […]

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Seventh Signature and the Bill is Free!
08 Jun

Seventh Signature and the Bill is Free!

Posted by Caitlin Hartsell Free-Market Reform, Transparency

The governor will be jetting around Missouri over the coming week for ceremonial signings of H.B. 1311, the Autism Spectrum […]

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Clear Example of Tax Laws Favoring Agriculture
08 Jun

Clear Example of Tax Laws Favoring Agriculture

Posted by David Stokes Property Rights, Taxes

Via John Combest (who played a terrific first base in softball on Sunday, if I may say so), the Suburban […]

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Payday Policymaking
08 Jun

Payday Policymaking

Posted by Abhi Sivasailam Economy

Consider: There are more payday loan storefronts in the United States than there are McDonald’s and Starbucks outlets combined. Also […]

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Metro St. Louis Approves Fiscal 2011 Budget, Making Work Harder to Find
07 Jun

Metro St. Louis Approves Fiscal 2011 Budget, Making Work Harder to Find

Posted by Thomas Duda Taxes, Transportation

The Metro Board of Commissioners approved the St. Louis regional public transit agency’s Fiscal 2011 operating budget of $232.4 million […]

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Ain’t Nobody’s Business if You Do
07 Jun

Ain’t Nobody’s Business if You Do

Posted by Christine Harbin Economy, Regulation

The Columbia Daily Tribune published an article about the opposition to SB 586, a bill on Gov. Jay Nixon’s desk […]

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No Radar Love in Ohio
07 Jun

No Radar Love in Ohio

Posted by Martha King Courts

The Supreme Court of Ohio ruled Wednesday that a “police officer’s unaided visual estimation of a vehicle’s speed is sufficient […]

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Faith in the Free Market
07 Jun

Faith in the Free Market

Posted by Vince Smith Economy, Transparency

A June 2 article in the St. Louis Business Journal discusses a plan to revitalize a former shopping mall and office space, […]

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Kansas City Needs Help Collecting Taxes
04 Jun

Kansas City Needs Help Collecting Taxes

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Taxes

Yesterday’s Kansas City Star has an interesting story about tax collection problems in Kansas City. I give Councilman John Sharp credit […]

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Help Your Local Brick and Politician Business
03 Jun

Help Your Local Brick and Politician Business

Posted by David Stokes Economy

John Combest today links to a story out of the Mexico Ledger about the opening of a new brick factory […]

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The Riverfront Times Nails It on Health Care
03 Jun

The Riverfront Times Nails It on Health Care

Posted by David Stokes Free-Market Reform, Regulation

The Riverfront Times gets it exactly right as to whom the recently passed health care bill will help in the […]

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Can St. Louis Really Support Another Performing Arts Facility? Local Government Certainly Thinks So
03 Jun

Can St. Louis Really Support Another Performing Arts Facility? Local Government Certainly Thinks So

Posted by Thomas Duda Municipal Policy, Taxes, Transparency

If I read the tea leaves correctly, I expect an announcement in the coming days, weeks, or months that the […]

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Policing By Camera: A Discussion of Red Light and Surveillance Cameras as a Tool of Law Enforcement
02 Jun

Policing By Camera: A Discussion of Red Light and Surveillance Cameras as a Tool of Law Enforcement

Posted by Audrey Spalding Regulation

On Wednesday next week, the Show-Me Institute and the Saint Louis chapter of Liberty on the Rocks will co-host a […]

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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad For-Profit Animal Shelter?
02 Jun

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad For-Profit Animal Shelter?

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Privatization

St. Louis is, George; St. Louis is. The plan to contract out the operation of the animal shelter to Stray Rescue has been canceled. The […]

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Perilous Journey Ahead for HSAs
02 Jun

Perilous Journey Ahead for HSAs

Posted by Caitlin Hartsell Free-Market Reform

Show-Me Institute scholars and staffers have written many blog entries, op-eds, and studies dealing with health savings accounts (HSAs). Accompanied […]

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Salutary Incentives
02 Jun

Salutary Incentives

Posted by Martha King Accountability, Free-Market Reform

A recent article in the Columbia Missourian highlights some of the steps being taken in Missouri to combat childhood obesity. […]

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How Green Is the Valley of Recycled Energy-Inefficient Appliances?
01 Jun

How Green Is the Valley of Recycled Energy-Inefficient Appliances?

Posted by Martha King Energy, Transparency

The State of Missouri recently announced that it would offer an extra $50 in rebates to consumers who participate in […]

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Good News and Bad News for Missouri’s Sunshine Law Applications
01 Jun

Good News and Bad News for Missouri’s Sunshine Law Applications

Posted by David Stokes Transparency

Recently, the Pennsylvania Public Interest Research Group ranked the states on issues of transparency and spending openness. Missouri received a […]

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