Maybe I’m a little late in getting this out, but last week the Miller-Coors merger talks focused on a neutral […]
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch featured an article reporting that Metro, with the aid of its newly contracted security firm The Wackenhut Corp., […]
Class Notes links to a post by Kevin Horner about the math wars in Columbia Public Schools. He includes a […]
The Saint Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Saint Charles County Council is considering giving itself a pay raise. Now, those […]
In one of the more bizarre (and ridiculous) examples of local government unnecessarily exerting its will over citizens, a St. […]
St. Louis is considering legislation requiring a $300 permit to operate a Segway on sidewalks in Forest Park. … So, […]
A Minneapolis condominium community has voted to self-impose a smoking ban throughout its building. I’m fine with businesses and residences […]
Here’s a proposed ordinance that could compete with Dave’s nomination for Stupidest Idea of 2008. The city of St. Louis […]
Here’s a chart of Missouri’s teacher shortage areas from 1997 to the present. The list keeps getting longer, and there’s […]
Yesterday, committees in both the House and Senate of Missouri’s General Assembly heard testimony on several bills designed to help […]
An article in the New York Times about Sol Stern reveals some similarities between his disappointment with parental choice and […]
There is an op-ed in this morning’s Kansas City Star opposing Ward Connerly’s grassroots-based Missouri Civil Rights Initiative. Many so-called […]
Hits and misses from around Missouri newspapers, blogs, and elsewhere today: Education Week has a story on how the increased […]
In an effort to help lower emissions and reduce the congestion associated with the Highway 40 shutdown, both downtown St. […]
Ahh, alliteration, the simple pleasure of a poetic mind. This post really doesn’t have anything to do with the Senate […]
I can’t let Nick’s post in favor of campaign finance reform pass without rebuttal. It can be easy to miss […]
The Post-Dispatch ran an article this morning about a pair of bills recently introduced in the General Assembly that would […]
I agree with Dave’s post about the lunacy of the "Textbook Transparency Act." There are obviously additional options out there […]
Saint Louis University and the Show-Me Institute are proud to inaugurate a new speaker series on February 19, featuring an […]
