One of the hot topics in Missouri policy debate over the past several days has been Senate Bill 844, the […]
Illinois Legislature Voting on Increasing Tax Collections in Missouri
Illinois is voting tonight on whether to raise their cigarette tax by a full $1. If this passes and […]
The first job I ever got paid for was probably mowing lawns in the ’90s when I was a teen. […]
Coming Soon: Using Tanks to Collect on Parking Tickets!
Video of a February SWAT raid in Columbia was recently released and has been causing something of an uproar. The […]
This post actually has nothing to do with Matt Holliday, but it does regard holidays in general, and I thought […]
State and Local Government Employment and Payroll Data in Missouri Follows National Trend
This month, the Cato Institute published a bulletin titled “Employee Compensation in State and Local Governments,” in which the author […]
Dreadful Assessment Lawsuit in Platte County
A simply atrocious lawsuit has been filed in Platte County (which includes part of Kansas City), according to the St. […]
Monopolies Seek Further Rate Hike Legislation
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial board wrote a piece yesterday about a number of bills in the legislature that would […]
The Wall Street Journal ran an article over the weekend about Saint Louis’ beloved City Museum, its potential hazards, and […]
This weekend’s Post-Dispatch had an interesting article on Florissant Mayor Robert Lowery. The article discussed at length the political difficulties […]
A Self-Defeating Proposal
Writing in the St. Louis Beacon, Washington University professor of Earth and planetary sciences Bob Criss argues that raising the […]
Tax Loophole Analysis Sinks in Its Own Metaphor
Initially, when I saw the title of this piece from the Missouri Budget Project, “Missouri should close tax loopholes,” I […]
Friday Night Live
If you don’t have any other plans tonight, come out to the Plaza Frontenac Cinema to see The Cartel, a […]
The big news in Missouri today is President Barack Obama’s visit to an ethanol plant in Macon, so I thought […]
Audit Confirms What Show-Me Institute Scholars Have Said All Along: Tax Credits Are Overhyped
On Monday, Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee released a study of tax credit cost controls. The audit’s conclusions have been […]
Taxes and Sports: The Earnings Tax (Part One in a Series)
This is the first in what will be a series of posts on taxation and professional sports in Missouri written […]
Two Market Distortions Do Not a Free Market Make
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed that New York City assess a $300 […]
Missouri Again Leads the Way on Occupational Licensing (In a Good Way)
Combest this morning linked to a story in the Post-Dispatch about the decision by the Missouri Supreme Court to adopt […]
So Much Misinformation in This Editorial … So Little Time!
On the subject of Illinois’ film production incentives program, the editorial board at the Chicago Tribune poses the question: What’s […]
Missouri Auditor Susan Montee has found that fiscal notes relating to tax credit programs severely understate their costs. From the […]
