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A Star Is Born!
17 Mar

A Star Is Born!

Posted by Caitlin Hartsell Uncategorized

Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne, who has been spreading free-market wisdom all over the television and radio as of […]

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Saint Louis County Creatively Circumvents Taxpayer Vote
17 Mar

Saint Louis County Creatively Circumvents Taxpayer Vote

Posted by Caitlin Hartsell Taxes, Transparency

Saint Louis County is using stimulus funds to get around the results of the Nov. 2008 election, when a $120 […]

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Building a Light-Rail System to Nowhere
17 Mar

Building a Light-Rail System to Nowhere

Posted by Christine Harbin Municipal Policy, Taxes, Transparency, Transportation

At the aforementioned forum/debate on Proposition A, which would establish a new half-cent tax to fund MetroLink’s expansion and other […]

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Advice From Parents as Teachers
17 Mar

Advice From Parents as Teachers

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Accountability, Transparency

Here’s another blog post that describes someone’s Parents as Teachers experience. This one was written by a woman who’s expecting […]

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I Applaud These Locavores’ Efforts
16 Mar

I Applaud These Locavores’ Efforts

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy

If you believe in the value of local food, this is the way to go. An Affton couple turned their […]

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Arguments Against Federal and State Assistance for Public Works Projects Like Proposition A
16 Mar

Arguments Against Federal and State Assistance for Public Works Projects Like Proposition A

Posted by Christine Harbin Taxes, Transparency, Transportation

Yesterday, I attended a forum/debate on Proposition A, the proposed half-cent tax to fund MetroLink’s expansion and other Metro services. Speaking […]

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Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA
16 Mar

Thanks, But No, Thanks, NCAA

Posted by David Stokes Economy, Taxes, Transparency

Today’s KC Star is reporting on a hearing in Jefferson City in which sporting event promoters are attempting to get […]

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The Census Bureau Should Stick to YouTube
16 Mar

The Census Bureau Should Stick to YouTube

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

The response to the Census Bureau’s YouTube clips has been mixed. Some videos attracted a lot of hits; others were […]

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The Standards Dilemma
16 Mar

The Standards Dilemma

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Accountability

National education standards pose a problem for states that have high standards already. If they replace their state standards with […]

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Update on Hebrew-Language Charter School
16 Mar

Update on Hebrew-Language Charter School

Posted by Sarah Brodsky School Choice

Remember the proposed charter school I wrote about last month? The school planned to focus on Hebrew language instruction, while […]

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Tax Dollars Shouldn’t Pay for Massage Classes
16 Mar

Tax Dollars Shouldn’t Pay for Massage Classes

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Accountability, Transparency

I learned from this blog post that Parents as Teachers offers infant massage classes. I can’t be sure, but based […]

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We’ve Moved to the Land of the Earnings Tax!
15 Mar

We’ve Moved to the Land of the Earnings Tax!

Posted by David Stokes Taxes

The Show-Me Institute has officially moved its offices into the city of Saint Louis. Personally speaking, it is nice to […]

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Victory for Wyoming Midwives
15 Mar

Victory for Wyoming Midwives

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Free-Market Reform

Wyoming now allows certified midwives to oversee home births. Before, only nurse midwives were permitted to work in homes. See […]

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When Advocates for Subsidies Say “Local,” They Mean “A Short Distance Away”
14 Mar

When Advocates for Subsidies Say “Local,” They Mean “A Short Distance Away”

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Municipal Policy

This article about local food in San Francisco illustrates the problems with subsidizing food production on pricey urban real estate. […]

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Uniform Standards Would Make Education Research More Difficult
14 Mar

Uniform Standards Would Make Education Research More Difficult

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Accountability

A New York Times editorial celebrates national standards as if they were the pot of gold at the end of […]

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Forum on Proposed Metro Bus and Light Rail Tax in St. Louis County
12 Mar

Forum on Proposed Metro Bus and Light Rail Tax in St. Louis County

Posted by David Stokes Taxes, Transportation

I’d just like to quickly promote the upcoming forum/debate on the proposed half-cent Metro tax for buses and light rail […]

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Negative Unintended Consequences of Corn Ethanol Production Incentives
12 Mar

Negative Unintended Consequences of Corn Ethanol Production Incentives

Posted by Christine Harbin Energy, Taxes, Transparency

This month, the University of Missouri Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute released its 2010 US Baseline Briefing Book (PDF). […]

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“Innovative Schools”
12 Mar

“Innovative Schools”

Posted by Sarah Brodsky School Choice

Mississippi’s state legislature is revising a bill that, if passed into law, would allow some traditional public schools to convert […]

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Birth Center Regulations
11 Mar

Birth Center Regulations

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Free-Market Reform, Regulation

This article in the Post-Dispatch identifies a regulatory barrier to opening birth centers in Missouri: Another challenge in Missouri is […]

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Public Health Spending
11 Mar

Public Health Spending

Posted by Charis Fischer Free-Market Reform, Transparency

On Monday, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran this opinion piece discussing the amount of public health spending by state. The […]

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