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Prudence and the Columbia School Board
26 Mar

Prudence and the Columbia School Board

Posted by Dave Roland Education

Thanks to Janese Heavin’s excellent coverage on her Class Notes blog, I’ve been keeping an eye on the drama surrounding […]

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Sales Tax Holidays ? Ineffective Economic Medicine
26 Mar

Sales Tax Holidays ? Ineffective Economic Medicine

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Taxes

An editorial in the Southeast Missourian (link via Combest) compares the proposed sales tax holiday to cough syrup: A statewide […]

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FSA, HSA, HRA … AFT! LOL.
26 Mar

FSA, HSA, HRA … AFT! LOL.

Posted by Justin Hauke Free-Market Reform

We’ve been very proud at the Show-Me Institute to be at the forefront of HSA reform in Missouri. The “new […]

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(Deadbeat) Deer Hunter
26 Mar

(Deadbeat) Deer Hunter

Posted by Nicholas Loyal Uncategorized

I’d like to apologize for the title, first off, as I really don’t like the word "deadbeat" — but the […]

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Red-Light Camera Reviews Are In!
25 Mar

Red-Light Camera Reviews Are In!

Posted by David Stokes Courts, Municipal Policy

There is such a thing as too much milk, even if it does a blog good, so I’ll move on […]

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Why Buy the Milk if You Can’t Tell Whether It’s Hormone-Free?
25 Mar

Why Buy the Milk if You Can’t Tell Whether It’s Hormone-Free?

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Regulation

My colleagues have done an excellent job of demonstrating the unconstitutionality and general craziness of the proposal to forbid labeling […]

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Truth in Advertising
25 Mar

Truth in Advertising

Posted by Dave Roland Regulation

The St. Joseph News-Press has a report today (spotted via John Combest) about two bills before the General Assembly that […]

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Please, Legislature, Save Us From the Horrors of Labeled Milk
25 Mar

Please, Legislature, Save Us From the Horrors of Labeled Milk

Posted by David Stokes Regulation

Mr. Combest has the link to a St. Joseph News-Press story on an absolutely ludicrous idea that combines the worst […]

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Illinois Legislators Jump on the Sales Tax Holiday Bandwagon
25 Mar

Illinois Legislators Jump on the Sales Tax Holiday Bandwagon

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Taxes

I should be more careful about what I say on this blog, because when I make crazy suggestions, people take […]

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Missouri’s Kelo
24 Mar

Missouri’s Kelo

Posted by Dave Roland Property Rights

The nation was stunned in 2005 when the United States Supreme Court ruled that the United States Constitution allowed the […]

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Markets Develop, Even When Suppressed (and when you’re a kid)
24 Mar

Markets Develop, Even When Suppressed (and when you’re a kid)

Posted by Justin Hauke Economy

To combat childhood obesity, school districts across the country have adopted ever-more-draconian measures to ensure that students are provided with […]

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Good Thing It’s Not Called “Freetown”
24 Mar

Good Thing It’s Not Called “Freetown”

Posted by Justin Hauke Property Rights

Frenchtown, a historic French quarter of St. Charles, is the latest challenger of spurious eminent domain abuse. In 2006, the […]

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KC Budget Crunch Continues; Payroll Still Padded
24 Mar

KC Budget Crunch Continues; Payroll Still Padded

Posted by David Stokes Municipal Policy, Transparency

The Kansas City Star continues its thorough coverage of the budget situation in KC with a clarifying and honest article […]

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Bills About Internet Bullying
24 Mar

Bills About Internet Bullying

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Uncategorized

An article in the Post-Dispatch summarizes the various proposals on cyber-bullying that the Missouri and Illinois legislatures are considering. Like […]

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Internship Applications Due
21 Mar

Internship Applications Due

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Uncategorized

Today is the application deadline for summer internships at the Show-Me Institute. But, because we’re so nice, we’ll continue to […]

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Bad Bill, Bad Teachers
21 Mar

Bad Bill, Bad Teachers

Posted by Justin Hauke Education

There are several bills in the General Assembly this session concerning teacher pay. Generally, I find these bills fairly annoying […]

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Great Moments In Free-Market Theory at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen
21 Mar

Great Moments In Free-Market Theory at the St. Louis Board of Aldermen

Posted by David Stokes Economy

This category may well be as small as an Airplane-style leaflet, but we had an example last week with the […]

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The Missouri Plan
21 Mar

The Missouri Plan

Posted by Justin Hauke Courts

The Federalist Society has released a study investigating the correlation between states with a merit selection judiciary (the so-called “Missouri […]

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Missourians Should Save Their Stimulus Checks
20 Mar

Missourians Should Save Their Stimulus Checks

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Economy, Taxes

Amid the clamor about an uncertain economy, government officials feel pressure that they should do something to fix it all. […]

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For Those of You Looking to Compare Individual Missouri Schools’ Academic Performances …
19 Mar

For Those of You Looking to Compare Individual Missouri Schools’ Academic Performances …

Posted by Justin Hauke Education

Look no further. I was introduced to SchoolDigger this morning as a nifty little cut-and-dried Missouri school evaluator. Unfortunately, the […]

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