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Questions of Transit Efficiency Need to Include Both Costs and Benefits
30 Oct

Questions of Transit Efficiency Need to Include Both Costs and Benefits

Posted by Joseph Haslag Taxes

What is the most efficient means of getting people from the place they are to the place they want to […]

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Prop. M Would Help Fund, Expand Crucial Alternative to Highway System
30 Oct

Prop. M Would Help Fund, Expand Crucial Alternative to Highway System

Posted by Keith Womer Taxes

Next week, the citizens of Saint Louis County have the opportunity to invest in the future. Passage of Proposition M […]

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Metro’s Broken Promises Likely to Continue After Proposition M
30 Oct

Metro’s Broken Promises Likely to Continue After Proposition M

Posted by Wendell Cox Taxes

Voters in Saint Louis County are being asked to approve yet another sales tax to fund transit on the November […]

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Civic Duty ? the New Recess
29 Oct

Civic Duty ? the New Recess

Posted by Calvin Harris II Education

When I was an elementary student at Kennard Classical Junior Academy, I remember being absolutely furious about having my gym […]

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Pro?MetroLink and Transit Video
29 Oct

Pro?MetroLink and Transit Video

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

A reader sent us a video promoting transit funding in general (and the MetroLink tax by extension), and, as promised, […]

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Question
29 Oct

Question

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

On the cover of today’s Post-Dispatch, there’s a photo (unfortunately not online) taken at Hazelwood MIddle School. It depicts a […]

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Beating the Dead Renewable Energy Horse
28 Oct

Beating the Dead Renewable Energy Horse

Posted by Jacob Voss Energy

I don’t know if you guys knew this, but I’ve done a bit of work regarding the upcoming Proposition C. […]

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Governments Lobbying Governments
28 Oct

Governments Lobbying Governments

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Transparency

There is a fine article over at the Kansas City Post about something that has long bothered me greatly — […]

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Missouri Government: D’s Don’t Get Degrees
27 Oct

Missouri Government: D’s Don’t Get Degrees

Posted by Jacob Voss Regulation

Missouri ranks in 22nd place. Not bad. Not great. A bit below average, sure, but with room for improvement. In […]

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I’ve Got Some Speech for You
27 Oct

I’ve Got Some Speech for You

Posted by Dave Roland Courts, Municipal Policy

The city of St. Louis is continuing its war against citizens’ right to express themselves. Having already told Jim Roos […]

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County Seat Mania ? Live From The Gasconade Octagon
27 Oct

County Seat Mania ? Live From The Gasconade Octagon

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy

If you like studying government, covering politics, and writing about it all on a blog, then yesterday’s Post-Dispatch had a […]

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Calling All Interns: Introducing the SMI Free-Market Question of the Week
24 Oct

Calling All Interns: Introducing the SMI Free-Market Question of the Week

Posted by David Stokes Economy

As you may know, one of our areas of interest here at the Show-Me Institute is occupational licensing, as in: […]

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MetroLink, the Riverfront Times, and Freakonomics, Together at Last
24 Oct

MetroLink, the Riverfront Times, and Freakonomics, Together at Last

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

The much-discussed Riverfront Times article about MetroLink from a few months ago is being discussed at the Freakonomics blog. If […]

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The Best T-Shirts in Life Are Free
24 Oct

The Best T-Shirts in Life Are Free

Posted by Jacob Voss Energy

Loyal readers might remember this post from a few weeks back, when I was knee-deep in renewable energy research. To […]

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Unfortunate Ruling In Clayton
24 Oct

Unfortunate Ruling In Clayton

Posted by David Stokes Courts, Education

I’ll leave the legal analysis to others here at the Show-Me Institute, but I wanted to highlight this regrettable ruling […]

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Shout Out to Mr. Tiebout
24 Oct

Shout Out to Mr. Tiebout

Posted by Josh Smith Municipal Policy

According to a Post-Dispatch article the city of Joplin will no longer allow teachers in its public schools to show […]

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Trick-or-Treat
23 Oct

Trick-or-Treat

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Municipal Policy

How’s this for a frightening law? Belleville is limiting trick-or-treating to kids in eighth grade and younger. Happily for the […]

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One More Ballot Issue to Discuss in Jefferson County
23 Oct

One More Ballot Issue to Discuss in Jefferson County

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy

Jefferson County voters will soon decide whether to adopt a charter for their county. Doing so would make substantial changes […]

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Health Is a Right; Health Care Is Not
23 Oct

Health Is a Right; Health Care Is Not

Posted by Josh Smith Economy, Free-Market Reform, Taxes, Transparency

There’s a nice short article on KOMU Channel 8’s website advocating increased public funding for health care in Missouri. Now, […]

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Two More November Ballot Issues
22 Oct

Two More November Ballot Issues

Posted by David Stokes Uncategorized

To follow up on yesterday’s post, we have some studies and articles out looking at a couple more ballot issues. […]

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