The National Center for Health Statistics has released a report on out-of-hospital births. In 2006, 64.7 percent of such births […]
Now that Columbia permits residents to own chickens, it’s a good time for the city to look into the next […]
As the latest egregious example of economic illiteracy to come out of Washington, Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) has proposed banning […]
The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t want to deliver mail on Saturday anymore. Facing a large budget gap, the USPS is […]
Mayor Francis Slay is once again talking about St. Louis city and county once again considering the idea of reuniting in various […]
Are farm-to-school initiatives a response to parents’ and students’ demand for local food? This program coordinator in the Oregon Department […]
Charles Jaco just finished taping an interview with Show-Me Institute research assistant John Payne, about the Metro mass transit system […]
I wanted to note that Alderman April Ford-Griffin called me today to discuss the proposed open space map that NorthSide […]
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today in McDonald v. Chicago, otherwise known as the Chicago gun ban case. The […]
I used the “Show Me: The Spending” web tool to determine how much money that government agencies in Missouri spent […]
The homeschooling family I wrote about here and here is now featured in the New York Times. The article recounts […]
On Feb. 23, I wrote about the proposed “open space” that NorthSide Regeneration LLC, has planned for the company’s $8.1 […]
The city of Duluth, Minn., made the band Wilco and its members honorary citizens. Not to be outdone, the city […]
Today’s Southeast Missourian asks the above question about Missouri transportation funding in an editorial (link via a certain Mr. Combest). […]
First, I’d like to thank Hugh Scott for his response to my op-ed arguing against expansion of the MetroLink system. […]
The Show-Me Institute recently released an op-ed by research assistant John Payne, titled “Adding New MetroLink Lines Too Costly, Inefficient.” […]
A map of the schools and their proposed status, according to the plan released by the Kansas City School District. Click […]
The purpose of this post is to walk through the math that Dr. Joseph Haslag and Abhi Sivasailam used in […]
Legislators in New Hampshire are debating whether to declare apple cider the official beverage of their state. As is often […]
Competition and choice are characteristics of a free and open marketplace. Some have suggested that a more open market for […]
