Show-Me the Money!
This week’s edition of the St. Louis Business Journal contained an interesting, “Political Pull,” naming and discussing some of Missouri’s...
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Lobbying for More Government
There is a brief post in Prime Buzz today about the decision by the KC City Council to renew its...
On the Road Again …
Over at Prime Buzz, Brad Cooper laments the lack of funding for MODOT: Like Kansas, Missouri is significantly short of...
The Points of Energy
Prime Buzz reports: Missouri 6th District congressional candidate Kay Barnes today released a major policy stance on energy, a 5-point...
Derailed
I’ve never ridden the St. Louis/Kansas City Amtrak train, but have heard plenty of negative things about it. This year,...
Bombardier Tax Credits Revised, But Still a Dangerous, Unjust Idea
The ill-conceived Bombardier tax credit plan is moving forward, albeit in a more limited form. Instead of being worth as...
Sergio Leone Analyzes the Missouri Legislature and More!
The good, the bad, the depressingly ugly, a fistful of dollars, just a few dollars more, and once upon a...
Missouri … We Have a Problem
A new study by the EPE Research Center and the America’s Promise Alliance finds that three out of every 10...
Give Me Milk or Give Me Death
The Kansas City Star‘s Prime Buzz blog reports on a sensible proposal and the entertaining reasoning behind it: A couple...
Terrific Quote From Mayor Funkhouser
The funky mayor of Kansas City appears to understand that political patronage and city hall featherbedding are the ways of...
It Must Be a “Mc” Thing
The U.S. Senate rejected today a proposal which would have placed new restrictions on congressional “earmark” bills. Earmarks are line-item...
A Tale of Two Subways
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch featured an article reporting that Metro, with the aid of its newly contracted security firm The Wackenhut Corp.,...
Light Rail Study Didn’t Focus on Crime
The Kansas City Star‘s Prime Buzz blog yesterday had a couple of posts criticizing our recent light rail study‘s use...
Great Ideas Abound for Kansas City’s School District
The Kansas City School District is (once again) stumbling down the path (recently blazed by the Saint Louis School District)...
Holiday Best Wishes for the Blogworld!
As the Christmas saying goes: Every time a mouse clicks, a blogger gets more page view hits. With that holiday...
The Show-Me Institute Really Is Non-Partisan; Here’s the Proof …
Man, oh man, this is gonna get me in trouble in the circles I run in. But intellectual honesty demands...
I’m Shocked – Shocked! – to Find That Fantasy Football Is Going On in St. Louis County Government!
KSDK – Channel 5 (link via Combest) broadcast a story a few nights ago on Internet usage by government employees....
Comments on Comments in KC Prime Buzz
The Kansas City Star’s Prime Buzz online column (link via Combest), which — thank goodness — is free to access...
Revealed Preferences in Voting
The Missouri Ethics Committee announced today that it will delay a decision on how to enforce July’s Supreme Court ruling...
Exciting News For Mobility and Safety On I-70 In Missouri
Via Combest, there are numerous articles today about the grant from the US Dept. of Transportation to MoDOT, funding an...
