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Education
Oct 30, 2019
MNEA’S Initiative Petitions: Out with School Choice and In with Lawsuits
To date, the Missouri Secretary of State has received nearly 130 applications for initiatives to be added to the November 2020 ballot. Six of them were submitted by the Missouri […]
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State and Local Government
May 20, 2019
Breaking Down Expenses and Revenues: Kansas City and St. Louis
Are Missouri’s two largest cities collecting more taxpayer dollars than necessary? To get an idea of whether St. Louis and Kansas City should be considered high-revenue or high-cost cities, it […]
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State and Local Government
May 14, 2019
Government Spending Records Should Be Free and Open to the Public
The government’s ability to tax the public imposes not only a responsibility of stewardship—to spend that money wisely—but also a responsibility of transparency. Patrick Ishmael and Phil Oehlerking started the […]
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Health Care
Apr 29, 2019
End Certificate of Need in Missouri
Does the idea that the government can reduce costs and improve quality in an industry (in this case health care) by restricting supply seem dubious to you? If it does, […]
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Economy
Apr 17, 2019
The Missing Million: Missouri’s Economic Performance Since the Moon Landing
Just about 50 years have passed since Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon on July 21, 1969. Since then, Missouri has struggled to attract and keep residents, and its […]
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Labor
Apr 12, 2019
New Public-Sector Labor Law in Missouri
Last June, Missouri House Bill 1413—which requires that public-sector unions hold recertification elections every three years, and that they get permission from members annually before deducting union dues from their […]
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