This past Friday, MoDOT held a forum on future transportation funding in Missouri. It was a very worthwhile event, and […]
Take Two
Tax incentives for film producers might not be such a good idea after all. The Post-Dispatch reports that two directors […]
Mizzou 38, OU 35
No, this is not a post about football. The University of Missouri?Columbia has won approval to drop the hyphen from […]
I just listened to State Sen. Rupp on KMOX (thanks, Combest), discussing legislation that targets online harassment. The Dardenne Prairie […]
This looks like an interesting report about Missourians’ health insurance coverage and spending on health care. I enjoy learning new […]
The Kansas City Star has an article today (link via Combest), on the small town of Farley in Platte County. […]
Carbon Copy Laws
David Weigel at Reason’s Hit and Run blog comments on Gov. Blunt’s plan to keep illegal immigrants from getting driver’s […]
A Win for Consumers
Fans of free markets are doing the wave. Starting today, it’s legal in Missouri to sell tickets at prices above […]
While the Jackson County Council is doling out taxpayer money to selected assistants, last night the St. Louis County Council […]
During the past few weeks, commentators across the country have reported that a conservative policy group issued a study finding […]
Double Trouble
The Class Notes blog reports that Rep. Ed Robb is sponsoring a bill that would allow parents to decide whether […]
An Education Blog Is Born
There’s another new Missouri education blog out there, this one courtesy of the Columbia Missourian. In its first few posts, […]
What Is the Worst Way to Dispose of Extra Budget Money in Jackson County?
The Kansas City Star has an article on the age-old question of what to do with leftover budget money. I […]
Most journalists aren’t number people. If they were, they’d be much less likely to wind up in a profession dominated […]
Mommy Missouri
Michael Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute, spoke this month before the Missouri House of Representatives’ […]
The Kansas City area is addressing the way it handles waste, just as St. Louis County has been doing. Here […]
Soapbox Gripe
The National Motorists Association has compiled a state-by-state list of the “Worst Speed Trap Cities” in the country. For Missouri, […]
Things to Be Thankful For
This holiday weekend, let’s be thankful … that we don’t have too many national holidays. We all take a few […]
Choices for Truants
From this article in the Post-Dispatch, it’s not clear whether students are being pulled away from school or pushed out […]
Please Pay Our Tuition
My birth cohort, unfortunately also known as the "hand-it-to-me-on-a-silver-platter" generation, is getting involved in politics: The goal is not to […]
