If we can make it there … you know the rest. I am not actually positive that the Manhattan Institutue […]
Bombardier Aerospace has announced that it will produce its new jets in Canada rather than in Missouri. For Bombardier’s shareholders, […]
I just want to quickly link to this article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, by Bob Rybarczyk, that discusses our […]
When school districts need more money, they ask their voters, right? Well, that’s the idea. But, in some instances, it […]
Over at Prime Buzz, Brad Cooper laments the lack of funding for MODOT: Like Kansas, Missouri is significantly short of […]
The economic health of state government is good — maybe even too good. The Kansas City Star has a story […]
Eric Hanushek, who participated in the Show-Me Institute’s conference on school finance, appears this week on Econ Talk. He discusses […]
This morning, I randomly selected a stack of superintendent contracts from Audrey’s files, in addition to a sampling she had […]
Are rising oil prices all bad? Well, they certainly increase the price of many things. We have already seen car […]
Continuing a series of blog posts that began in April 2007, and which was on hiatus until now, let us […]
… He’ll ask for a bakery license from the state. The trend toward occupational licensure seems to be hard to […]
There have been a few articles recently about state and local governments intercepting federal stimulus payments in order to take […]
Partisanship has long been divorced from most school elections in the United States. In fact, all school board elections in […]
You will have to excuse the title- I just watched Karate Kid. Today’s Kansas City Star has an editorial (link […]
… is the perfect excuse for me to link the Post‘s article with my case study about pharmacy privatization from […]
Yesterday, the governor signed a new immigration bill that, among other things, stiffened penalties for employers who knowingly hire illegal […]
It’s been a mixed bag. Some county clerks have been efficient and forthcoming, while some have been obstructionist or even […]
