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Another Great Feature of Missouri’s Homeschooling Law
19 May

Another Great Feature of Missouri’s Homeschooling Law

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Education, Transportation

Missouri allows parents to teach their homeschooled children driver’s ed, unlike many other states that require homeschoolers to attend a […]

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In Which I Try Out New Technology
18 May

In Which I Try Out New Technology

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

I tried looking up “Missouri” on WolframAlpha. You can find some statistics about population, and the state flag. The list […]

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Very Exciting Conference Coming Up in St. Louis
18 May

Very Exciting Conference Coming Up in St. Louis

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

The American Issues Project is hosting a very interesting conference on policy and political issues in St. Louis. It takes […]

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How to Compete With Charters
18 May

How to Compete With Charters

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

The St. Louis Public Schools are faced with a problem: how to compete with the new KIPP Inspire Academy. The […]

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Taxing and Spending
18 May

Taxing and Spending

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education, Free-Market Reform, Taxes, Transparency

It’s exasperating when Missouri politicians talk about taxing casinos to “pay for education.” They imply that there’s some kind of […]

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Homeschooling in Missouri and Tennessee
18 May

Homeschooling in Missouri and Tennessee

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

I found these letters to the editor about homeschooling in Tennessee through the Panama City Renaissance School blog. As I […]

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Q&A on the English-Language Amendment
17 May

Q&A on the English-Language Amendment

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy

A political science student contacted me this past week with some questions about the English-Language Amendment to the Missouri Constitution. […]

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Do Tax Credits Pay for Themselves?
15 May

Do Tax Credits Pay for Themselves?

Posted by Clovis Ouangraoua Taxes, Transparency

Interesting article on tax credits for movie producers in the St. Louis Business Journal. It describes how tax credits for […]

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Can You Spot the Oxymoron …
15 May

Can You Spot the Oxymoron …

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Transparency

… in this Political Fix post? It’s “stimulus oversight.” The idea of a stimulus is to spend money all over […]

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Another Reason to Dislike the Stimulus Plan, As If You Needed It
15 May

Another Reason to Dislike the Stimulus Plan, As If You Needed It

Posted by David Stokes Transparency

When you send politicians blank checks of money that they are just supposed to spend for the sake of spending […]

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Chance for Students to Win Cash Prizes in News Coverage Contest Ends Soon!
14 May

Chance for Students to Win Cash Prizes in News Coverage Contest Ends Soon!

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Uncategorized

The Show-Me Institute’s Policy Pulse news coverage contest is nearing an end, but there’s still time for interested students to […]

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Better Late Than Never
14 May

Better Late Than Never

Posted by Dave Roland Education

On March 10, I had the pleasure of engaging in a conversation about education on Steve Spellman’s News at Five […]

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Beware the Licenses
14 May

Beware the Licenses

Posted by Josh Smith Economy, Regulation

In the very readable Capitalism and Freedom, Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman wrote about the economic consequences of labor unions, […]

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Taxes and Tickets
13 May

Taxes and Tickets

Posted by Ryan Davisson Economy, Taxes, Transportation

This Missourinet article (link via Combest) about a bill in the Missouri House, H.B. 683, tackles some valid issues within […]

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Virtual Schools in Jeopardy
13 May

Virtual Schools in Jeopardy

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Economy, Education

Edspresso links to this op-ed about the virtual school controversy in Oregon. It describes how Oregon restricts virtual school attendance […]

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Rating Schools in Britain
13 May

Rating Schools in Britain

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education, Transparency

I came across this story by way of the Panama City Renaissance School blog. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has […]

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Education, Not Regulation
13 May

Education, Not Regulation

Posted by Dave Roland Economy, Municipal Policy, Property Rights, Regulation

Last night I had the pleasure of offering my thoughts about Clayton’s proposed ban on smoking in “public” places. I […]

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Don’t Blame Term Limits for Budget Problems
12 May

Don’t Blame Term Limits for Budget Problems

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Transparency

This is from a story on Missourinet: Some veteran state legislators worry that term limits have hurt the process of […]

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Chickens? Yes. Pythons? No.
12 May

Chickens? Yes. Pythons? No.

Posted by David Stokes Property Rights, Regulation

Where do you draw the line on animals in residential areas? I don’t just mean dogs and cats, but any […]

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Talkin’ ‘Bout St. Louis City and County at the Arch City Chronicle
12 May

Talkin’ ‘Bout St. Louis City and County at the Arch City Chronicle

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy

Dave Drebes has a smart piece up over at the ACC about the discussion over the city of Saint Louis […]

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