According to an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Illinois may be looking to increase its cigarette tax to pay […]
Who is Buying What?
An editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today discusses the findings of one person who is rummaging through the purchases […]
St. Louis County is proceeding (agenda item # 28) with the takeover of Conway Road in response to Westwood’s insane […]
An article in today’s Southeast Missourian talks about a report that ranks Missouri teacher preparation at the bottom in the […]
I’ll Miss Rep. Bearden
It was announced yesterday that Rep. Carl Bearden is resigning from the Missouri House. As a person who wants to […]
When schools hire teachers for a new school year, they generally find that some subjects are harder to staff than […]
John Hancock at MissouriPulse.com reports that Pork Busters miscalculated in its appropriations ranking of Sen. Claire McCaskill, which Maurice commented […]
Two errors have been made in the discussion of whether pensions should be taxed. The error I made was not […]
In today’s punch-right-between-the-eyes example of why Saint Louis County has too many municipalities, the Village of Westwood wants to contribute […]
Here at the Show-Me Institute, we do have disagreements on policy, and I have one with David Stokes. In his […]
You can finally know how the state spends your money! Yesterday, Missouri launched the Missouri Accountability Portal, where any person […]
Thanks to some digging by David Stokes here in the office, we’ve found a blog entry at The Riverfront Times […]
I disagree with our uber-blogging intern Maurice Harris’s statement that the State of Missouri should go further to reducing the […]
Channel Five did an investigative report last night on the assessed valuation of Congressman Todd Akin’s property in West St. […]
According to Gov. Blunt’s budget office, the state of Missouri now has an extra $320 million in the state treasury, […]
Justice for Seniors
In a Daily Dunklin Democrat article (via Combest), seniors cheer the Senior Tax Justice Act, recently signed into law by […]
Waiting for Their Handout
David Nicklaus reports in the St. Louis Post Dispatch the angst that some companies have about setting up shop in […]
In the Springfield News-Leader today, Sen. Matt Bartle discusses in an op-ed piece the veto of HB 327 (aka The […]
An article in the Kansas City Star today discusses the move by the U.S Postal Service to privatize some of […]
Veto, Don’t Fail Me Now
There were plenty of good reasons for Gov. Blunt to veto HB 327, as he did on Friday. As Show-Me […]
