As if on cue from my recent posts about St. Ann and Northwest Plaza, Dillard’s has announced it is closing […]
An article in the L.A. Times explores some challenges of urban education that Saint Louisans know well. Only in Los […]
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is on a roll, pointing out problems with the public schools that could be alleviated by […]
Transportation Development Districts are in the Post-Dispatch again, with another, longer, report on the recent audit of TDDs, by the […]
An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch describes what parents in Riverview Gardens are up against: Under Missouri law, students […]
In today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, an article discusses the difficulties of the McCoys, a family that wants to transfer its […]
Ever since HB 818, the groundbreaking consumer-based health insurance reform bill, passed both houses of the Legislature by wide bipartisan […]
Governor Blunt has just set a date for a special session of the state legislature. It starts on August 20 […]
Sauce magazine is a great part of our area’s literary and journalism scene. In this month’s issue, it has a […]
Missouri midwives are preparing to appeal after Circuit Judge Patricia Joyce ruled the midwife provision unconstitutional: The Senate tucked the […]
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader complains about the number of uninsured children in Missouri: The SCHIP program provided health […]
The Riverfront Times chimes into the 911 discussion with an interesting article on technical glitches and financial disputes that have […]
As part of a growing trend seen across the United States, several school districts in Missouri continue to perform poorly, […]
The last few days of the Post-Dispatch have brought a number of updates to things I have been writing about, […]
An op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader argues that Missouri shouldn’t spend its budget surplus: To fairly address this excess, the […]
According to a piece in yesterday’s Kansas City Star, Sen. Claire McCaskill filed legislation on Friday to regulate gas pump […]
If the legislature writes the laws, who enforces them? The executive branch? No — according to state senators Tim Green […]
Actually, I really don’t mind the idea of a tax to improve 911 service throughout Missouri, but I do mind […]
Northwest Plaza is struggling, and it is taking St. Ann down with it. The Post-Dispatch has an all-too-familiar story of […]
