A St. Louis Post-Dispatch article reports on a tactic Wentzville students used to protest their high school’s switch from block […]
This past legislative session, Missouri was one of 27 states to file legislation that would restrict pharmaceutical advertising. And a […]
The Missouri Plan, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lawyers
Missourians amended our state constitution in 1940 to change the ways judges were selected for the Supreme Court, the Court […]
It appears that some brave aldermen in the St. Louis County municipality of Northwoods are resisting efforts to install red […]
How old is the modern school choice movement? If you’ve visited the Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation website lately, […]
An letter to the editor in today’s Springfield News-Leader laments the decision by Gov. Matt Blunt to keep a $42 […]
Maurice posted yesterday on this infuriating story from the AP about the decision by state government five years ago to […]
Here‘s another article in the Post-Dispatch about No Child Left Behind. This one quotes Show-Me Institute board member Mike Podgursky: […]
There are actually some people left in America who don’t want government assistance! Per this Columbia Daily Tribune article (via […]
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the past five years the state of Missouri has quietly kept extra funds […]
I must admit, this is one issue I am really torn on — the St. Louis County plan to divide […]
When I was a little kid in a public elementary school, my parents would ask around about which teachers were […]
State Rep. Belinda Harris wrote an op-ed that appears In today’s Southeast Missourian, challenging the merits of the Quality Jobs […]
No Child Left Behind
It’s hard to determine what combination of goals, evaluations, and consequences will get public school districts to improve. But No […]
In today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, an article discusses preparations for opening the city’s schools soon, and the new unity that […]
Thinking Ahead
While my editor is busy looking for live music and ethnic food, I’m planning my retirement and long-term care. Or, […]
The other day, I noticed an article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about rankings of the world’s 30 "fast cities" […]
The city of Berkeley has managed to almost eliminate its budget deficit, merely by transferring money out of certain funds […]
Sen. Claire McCaskill is proposing legislation, according to the Washington Missourian, to end the practice of selling "hot fuel" at […]
Another storm hit the St. Louis area and about 60,000 houses lost electricity early Monday morning. Florissant’s mayor, Robert Lowery, […]
