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More Flexible Certification Could Help Ease Teacher Shortages
13 Jul

More Flexible Certification Could Help Ease Teacher Shortages

Posted by Sarah Brodsky Education

When schools hire teachers for a new school year, they generally find that some subjects are harder to staff than […]

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Corrected Numbers for Sen. McCaskill
12 Jul

Corrected Numbers for Sen. McCaskill

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Transparency

John Hancock at MissouriPulse.com reports that Pork Busters miscalculated in its appropriations ranking of Sen. Claire McCaskill, which Maurice commented […]

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Maurice is Micro-Right and Macro-Wrong
12 Jul

Maurice is Micro-Right and Macro-Wrong

Posted by David Stokes Taxes

Two errors have been made in the discussion of whether pensions should be taxed. The error I made was not […]

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We Are All In This Together, Except For Westwood
12 Jul

We Are All In This Together, Except For Westwood

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

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 […]

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Taxing Pensions is Double Taxation
12 Jul

Taxing Pensions is Double Taxation

Posted by Maurice Harris Taxes

Here at the Show-Me Institute, we do have disagreements on policy, and I have one with David Stokes. In his […]

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Check Out How Missouri Spends
12 Jul

Check Out How Missouri Spends

Posted by Maurice Harris Transparency

You can finally know how the state spends your money! Yesterday, Missouri launched the Missouri Accountability Portal, where any person […]

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Shame on You, McCaskill
11 Jul

Shame on You, McCaskill

Posted by Maurice Harris Transparency

Thanks to some digging by David Stokes here in the office, we’ve found a blog entry at The Riverfront Times […]

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I’ll Say It: Pensions Should be Taxed
11 Jul

I’ll Say It: Pensions Should be Taxed

Posted by David Stokes Taxes

I disagree with our uber-blogging intern Maurice Harris’s statement that the State of Missouri should go further to reducing the […]

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I Rise in Defense of the Congressman …
11 Jul

I Rise in Defense of the Congressman …

Posted by David Stokes Taxes

Channel Five did an investigative report last night on the assessed valuation of Congressman Todd Akin’s property in West St. […]

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Surpluses + Legislature = A Bad Mix
11 Jul

Surpluses + Legislature = A Bad Mix

Posted by Maurice Harris Transparency

According to Gov. Blunt’s budget office, the state of Missouri now has an extra $320 million in the state treasury, […]

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Justice for Seniors
11 Jul

Justice for Seniors

Posted by Maurice Harris Taxes

In a Daily Dunklin Democrat article (via Combest), seniors cheer the Senior Tax Justice Act, recently signed into law by […]

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Waiting for Their Handout
11 Jul

Waiting for Their Handout

Posted by Maurice Harris Economy, Taxes

David Nicklaus reports in the St. Louis Post Dispatch the angst that some companies have about setting up shop in […]

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Sen. Matt Bartle – A Legislator With Common Sense
10 Jul

Sen. Matt Bartle – A Legislator With Common Sense

Posted by Maurice Harris Taxes

In the Springfield News-Leader today, Sen. Matt Bartle discusses in an op-ed piece the veto of HB 327 (aka The […]

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The U.S Postal Service is Privatizing
10 Jul

The U.S Postal Service is Privatizing

Posted by Maurice Harris Uncategorized

An article in the Kansas City Star today discusses the move by the U.S Postal Service to privatize some of […]

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Veto, Don’t Fail Me Now
09 Jul

Veto, Don’t Fail Me Now

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Economy, Taxes, Transparency

There were plenty of good reasons for Gov. Blunt to veto HB 327, as he did on Friday. As Show-Me […]

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Stuff Happens; Fix It and Move On …
09 Jul

Stuff Happens; Fix It and Move On …

Posted by David Stokes Transportation

The Post-Dispatch is reporting that Metro is facing repair issues with the original leg of the MetroLink system because of […]

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It’s True, Ethanol Is Exaggerated
09 Jul

It’s True, Ethanol Is Exaggerated

Posted by Maurice Harris Energy

A letter to the editor in the Jefferson City News-Tribune discusses corn ethanol, pointing out that it’s not a cure-all […]

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Blunt Vetoes Quality Jobs Act
09 Jul

Blunt Vetoes Quality Jobs Act

Posted by Maurice Harris Economy

On KY3’s Political Notebook blog, a post discusses Gov. Matt Blunt vetoing the Quality Jobs Act. The main reason for […]

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English MacGuffins
03 Jul

English MacGuffins

Posted by Eric D. Dixon Uncategorized

In an op-ed released yesterday (also reprinted by the Missouri Political News Service and quoted by the Post-Dispatch‘s Political Fix […]

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Rep. Emerson Saves Jobs! How About Making Some?
03 Jul

Rep. Emerson Saves Jobs! How About Making Some?

Posted by Maurice Harris Transparency

In the Rolla News Daily (via Combest), an article discusses the successful efforts by  Rep. JoAnn Emerson (R-MO) to save […]

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