Thanks go to Combest for linking to this silly news report about "price-gouging." The Missouri Attorney General’s office is warning […]
The Post-Dispatch usually publishes balanced articles about education issues, but this is really disturbing. The article reports on "white flight" […]
Did you know that Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the United States that has a city […]
It may not be Missouri, but it’s close enough, and it relates perfectly to what I posted just last week […]
Personal Property Taxes, Those Lexus Christmas Ads, and Free Tax Advice
It is that time of year again when Lexus starts trumpeting its Christmas sales event. To those of you out […]
The Kansas City Star reports that the first people to be protected by the new law against internet harassment may […]
While I am not going to comment on it myself, here is a must-read post from Pub Def. You can […]
Kansas City Counts on Gambling for Parking, Art, Self-Esteem
Gambling revenue is to government what masturbation is to single 20-somethings just a reliable thing to fall back on […]
Yes, there are, and one of them just lost a lawsuit for, among other reasons, not properly following the open […]
I’ve been resisting the pre-filed bill list, but my self-control goes only so far. Does anybody really think unaccredited districts […]
Rewarding Kids
Here’s a public-private partnership not everyone is happy about. A Florida school district is teaming up with McDonald’s to reward […]
Like a more frequent, less welcome, and much more expensive Halley’s Comet, property reassessment returned to Missouri this year. As […]
Edspresso links today to an article on charter schools in Wisconsin. There are some great quotes here about the diversity […]
The Show-Me Institute Really Is Non-Partisan; Here’s the Proof …
Man, oh man, this is gonna get me in trouble in the circles I run in. But intellectual honesty demands […]
Count me in as the latter, but I assure you I am at least a reputable hack. Political Fix has […]
Like an early Christmas for bloggers here at the Show-Me Institute, the swallows have returned to Jefferson City in the […]
In the comments to a South East Missourian editorial, somebody who calls himself (or herself) "trimetrov" asks: There are no […]
To date, Columbia Public Schools has spent roughly $82,000 on the “adequacy” lawsuit, despite the fact it is a no-win […]
Our former editor, Tim Lee, is talking about the Jim Roos case over at the Cato Institute’s blog. Go check […]
Why Don’t They Just Designate the Building as Blighted? It’d Save Some Time
This has been a hot topic around the office, but as I was skimming through our recent posts, I realized […]
