Via Combest, there are numerous articles today about the grant from the US Dept. of Transportation to MoDOT, funding an […]
Many people paying attention to eminent domain issues, disputes, and outrages are aware of how Rock Hill took the home […]
The Saint Louis County Council has voted to keep its property tax rate the same, rather than lowering it in […]
This post is not about the specific incident that has landed a St. George police officer in trouble. It is […]
Tonight, Clay County has scheduled a public meeting to discuss setting its tax rates for 2007. As we have discussed […]
The fine folks over at the Missouri Political News Service have alerted us that my op-ed from last month, "Missourians […]
The three members of the Clay County Commission are fast becoming my favorite local elected officials in Missouri. (Doesn’t everyone […]
Wow, the Kirkwood School Board has given the full-out brushoff to hometown state Senator Mike Gibbons by passing a measly […]
Today, we’re announcing our spring 2008 internship program. From the release: Interns at the Show-Me Institute Internship are involved in […]
Cato Institute scholar and former Show-Me Institute editor Tim Lee e-mailed to make sure we linked to this excellent column […]
And probably everybody else’s cell phone bills will be going up too, if this settlement trend in the lawsuit over […]
More good news rolls in for county taxpayers as political entities around the county continue to do a good job […]
Some local governmental entities are doing what they are supposed to: lowering their tax rates in response to assessment increases. […]
The Wall Street Journal has a lead editorial today on Missouri’s system of selecting judges, very originally known as "The […]
At the risk of making it seem like this blog is now all David Stokes, all the time (as though […]
The Post has a very short blurb that still manages to say a great deal about assessments and basic economics. […]
According to legend, when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the British military band played "And The World Turned Upside […]
There is a citizens’ group that is attempting to make changes to the state’s property assessment and tax system. The […]
In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school assignments based on race are unconstitutional. The ruling has sparked […]
I have had the pleasure of receiving some great feedback from David Steelman over the past two days about my […]
