The Missouri Supreme Court handed down a 6-1 decision yesterday in favor of "development" trumping property rights in the matter […]
We have a new leader in the "most boring headline ever" competition here at SMI. The only way anyone is […]
I would like to commend the leadership in Kansas City for seriously addressing the budget situation there. The Star has […]
There is a dangerously misleading letter to the editor in this morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding Missouri’s Special Needs Tax […]
It’s raining in St. Louis on this St. Patrick’s day, so I wouldn’t be surprised if today’s Ancient Order of […]
As regular readers of this blog may recall, I loathe occupational licensing. In the vast majority of cases, it is […]
The U.S. Senate rejected today a proposal which would have placed new restrictions on congressional “earmark” bills. Earmarks are line-item […]
I’ve suggested that encouraging students to nominate state symbols is a bad idea because it’s a slippery slope. I felt […]
To try to stimulate the economy, Missouri may get another sales tax holiday: For three days in June, the GOP […]
There is a great deal going on in Jefferson City these days, which might normally be a bad thing, as […]
Thanks, Combest, for linking to the Springfield News-Leader story about this proposed bill: A proposed Missouri Senate bill would strip […]
Today, the St. Joseph News-Press reported about the efforts of an area doctor (also, incidentally, a Missouri representative) who is […]
The Joplin Globe published this editorial today about the potential for truck-only lanes and public-private partnerships for Missouri. (Thanks to […]
In light of our recent study on transportation, this article in the Onion has some outstanding additional recommendations for addressing […]
I’ve intended for the past couple of weeks to respond to Justin Hauke’s last attack on the initiative process — […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Charles’ proposed smoking ban is going nowhere: Councilman Laurie Feldman, 3rd Ward, said […]
Last week, Missouri’s Supreme Court justices heard arguments on both sides of the dispute about whether a provision legalizing midwifery […]
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never visited a state because of its official state symbols. But that’s the […]
The controversy over seating Democratic delegates awarded in the Florida and Michigan primaries has escalated to the point where it […]
Lee Stiff thinks so; he compared the two when he spoke about mathematics curricula in Columbia: He said letting local […]
