Committee Reports 39 Public Pensions Underfunded
Nearly 40 local and statewide pension systems for public employees are underfunded, according to a report submitted on Tuesday to...
Charter School Regulations Proposed for 2010 Legislative Session
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) is proposing new regulations for Missouri’s 40 charter schools. The...
State Revenue Continues to Fall Short, but Liquor Tax Collections Up
State tax revenue collections continue to fall short. For October 2009, collections were down 14 percent compared with October...
NorthSide Project Passes Board of Aldermen
An earlier published version of this story inadvertently misstated the Board of Aldermen’s final vote on the project. That...
Court Hurdles Continue for NorthSide Project
A not-yet-approved $8.1 billion development of the city of Saint Louis’ north side is already facing legal action. Critics of...
More State Budget Cuts Announced
On Wednesday, Gov. Jay Nixon announced an additional $200 million in state budget cuts. The cuts come in the wake...
Teacher Union Bargaining Cases Move Forward
Documents from the Springfield School District court case: The lawsuit, filed on June 2, 2009 The circuit court ruling,...
Previous Estimates Overstate ‘Fair Tax’ Rates, Harms
House Joint Resolution 36 (2009), the “Fair Tax” bill, called for replacing personal and corporate income taxes with a broad,...
Why Missouri Taxpayers Should Not Build High-Speed Rail
The best available data indicate that the FRA plan would cost about $90 billion, or roughly one fifth the inflation-adjusted...
Gradual and Silent Encroachments: How the Missouri Supreme Court Expanded the Power of Eminent Domain
The Constitution of Missouri includes more provisions addressing the property rights of citizens than that of any other state. The...
The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Missouri Perspective
In 1960, the private sector funded more than three quarters of the nation’s health care expenditures. Individuals paid nearly...
All Caught Up: How Tax Policy May Have Allowed Tennessee to Outgrow Missouri
Missouri and Tennessee are border states that resemble each other in many ways. Despite the states’ similarities, Missouri has historically...
Government in Missouri
This policy study undertakes a broad review of Missouri’s state and local governmental structure, as viewed from the perspective...
Private Provision of Highways: Economic Issues
Privately financed and operated highways are an idea whose time has come, ended, and returned. The idea returns, however, as...
Missouri’s Challenge: Managing Long-Term Employee Benefit Costs
The Missouri public pension system currently faces serious long-term financial challenges. Missouri taxpayers are facing compound problems regarding the state’s...
The Economic Impact of the Missouri E-10 Ethanol Mandate
Missouri is one of only three states that require a 10-percent minimum ethanol blend (E-10) for retail gasoline sold within...
Hope for Children Trapped in Failing Schools: The Promise of Crawford v. Davy
On October 4, 2007, a trial level court in New Jersey dismissed Crawford v. Davy, a class action lawsuit filed...
A Framework for Choice Remedy Litigation
Although school choice proponents have generally been on the offensive in legislative arenas over the past 2 decades, they...
Next Needed Steps in the Evolution of American Education Finance and Policy
This article asserts that although there has been a consistently increasing demand on both the national and state levels for...
Spending Money When It Is Not Clear What Works
Public school funding in the United States is not a product of intelligent design. Funding programs have grown willy-nilly based...
