A legislator responds to the addendum(s) added to his teacher pay bill (see my previous post) in today’s Kansas City […]
Here’s an example of one of those hot-button “libertarian” issues. In 2005, Congress passed the “Real ID Act” as an […]
How’s this for politics? I recently blogged about merit pay legislation under consideration in the General Assembly. Somebody had the […]
Senate Bill 1234 is currently rolling through the Senate. It expands the enterprise enhancement zone, and by identifying “mega-projects” that […]
Last weekend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a terrific, in-depth article about the practice of paying employees of the city […]
This month’s topic at Cato Unbound is "Can the Schools Be Fixed?" and it kicks off with an essay by […]
Adding insult to injury: Research suggests that most Americans have extremely low levels of financial literacy. The Jump$tart Coalition for […]
Dave Roland and I testified in Jefferson City today in regard to HB 2458, popularly known as the “Children’s Education […]
Today, the Show-Me Institute released a new interactive tax estimator, "Show-Me: The Taxes." Here’s more: Nobody likes to pay taxes, […]
I’ve wanted to blog about this for a while, but the opportunity never really presented itself as well as I […]
It was probably a little premature and St. Louis-centric for me to call the Franklin County Charter victory the highlight […]
This was the highlight of last night’s local elections in Missouri. Now the hard work begins for the people of […]
Everyone knows that April’s showers bring May’s flowers. Unfortunately, it also brings Missourians’ tax bills. This year, individuals, businesses, and […]
Everyone knows that April’s showers bring May’s flowers. Unfortunately, it also brings Missourians’ tax bills. This year, individuals, businesses, and […]
I shall keep this very brief. I want to provide two clarifications to Justin’s latest response. I never stated that […]
If you have time, you can listen to the full radio interview I did with Vincent David Jericho by scrolling […]
Periodically here at the Show-Me Institute, we like to look through the rolls of pending bills in the Missouri General […]
Dave Stokes pointed me to an interesting source of information on payday lending in Missouri. Because I’ve written before about […]
I will quickly respond to David’s post. Like David, I’ve stated my support for protecting homeowners from spurious appraisal increases. […]
Supporters of Ward Connerly’s Civil Rights Initiative — which would end race-based affirmative action programs in Missouri — are increasing […]
