The City of Saint Louis is removing the pretzel vendors along Jamieson Avenue in south St. Louis due to complaints […]
Today’s Post-Dispatch has a big story on pool safety and regulation in the St. Louis area. I’ll stipulate right off […]
Within the health care debate that has taken place during the past year, “death panels” and health care rationing were […]
City of Saint Louis Twisting Pretzel Vendors out of Business
If you have spent much time in the South City area of Saint Louis, you’ve probably seen street vendors selling […]
Government has no costs — only benefits — according to several professors in economics at the University of Missouri–Kansas City, […]
North Carolina and American Express Provide a Good Example
According to an editorial in the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C., American Express chose that state’s Guilford County as […]
Photo from the Kansas City Star. Sing along: Go ahead and hate your gasoline, Go ahead and scam a friend. Do […]
Forbes recently published an article that praises Gov. Jay Nixon, and describes him as “cutter-in-chief”: Nixon proposed to “right-size” government […]
I Take Your Bank Before I Pay You Out
By now, it’s old news that state and local governments awarded IBM a $31 million incentive package to persuade the […]
To-may-tohs or To-mah-toes, the Government Should Leave Them Alone
A piece from the Kansas City Star this weekend highlighted current political disagreement over “Know Your Farmer,” a $65 million […]
Opportunities to Privatize Government Fleet Management
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch had an excellent story about the use of taxpayer-funded cars for public officials. In past decades, when government employees […]
Thanks to Government Incentives, It May Be Cheaper to Locate a Service Center in Columbia, Mo., than in India
The Columbia Missourian recently published a summary of the $31 million incentive package that the state and local governments are […]
According to the Columbia Missourian, an internal investigation into the SWAT raid of Jonathan Whitworth’s home (which I have also […]
Rand Paul, the newly designated Republican candidate for one of Kentucky’s seats in the U.S. Senate, has taken a lot […]
KC Pitch Blurb About St. Louis Offers Insights to Government Structure
Today’s Kansas City Pitch has a short story on a new Brookings Institution study that places modern American cities into […]
The Right to Have a Peaceful Life in a Quiet Subdivision
Lewis Greenberg's yard art. Photo from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch A Ballwin-area retired art teacher was sentenced to jail time […]
Fewer Missourians Employed in Movie Industry Than Before Film Tax Credits Began
Last month, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy published a press release stating that fewer people are now employed in […]
In Clayton, the St. Louis Bread Co. (a chain known in most other locations as Panera Bread) has a store […]
Show-Me Institute Policy Analyst David Stokes speaks about transportation in Missouri at a Show-Me Forum in Columbia on Aug. 3, 2009.
St. Louis Follows Kansas City by Moving Forward on Privatizing Animal Shelter
The Suburban Journals has an updated piece on where the city of St. Louis stands with its animal shelter. According […]
