Post-Obamcare Medicaid Enrollment Far Outpacing State Projections
When Congress passed and the president signed the Affordable Care Act, supporters of the law were adamant that Obamcare would...
Would Union Elections Help SLU Nurses?
Some SLU nurses seem to be dissatisfied with their union representative recently. In May, a Saint Louis University Hospital nurse...
Surprising No One, Big Government Union Wants State to Spend More
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 72 (AFSCME), a big government union representing various health, service,...
What Does It Mean to “Have Health Care”?
This question has come into sharp focus just five years after the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) passage. Does it mean having...
Tax Foundation: Missouri’s Sales Taxes Still Well Above Average
Last year, I wrote in Forbes about whether Missouri is a “low tax state.” (It isn’t.) I explored how Missouri...
Ridesharing Is an Opportunity for Saint Louis
In an increasingly competitive world, it is ever more important that our city and our region seize every opportunity to...
The Great L.A. Gambit
The battle for the L.A. market is joined! According to NBCSanDiego, the Chargers are working with the Oakland Raiders. Their...
Missouri’s Film Tax Credit Should Remain Gone
Many Missourians—including myself—took pride in watching Gone Girl on the silver screen. Now with an Oscar nomination to add to...
Rams L.A. Bound?
According to the L.A. Times, Rams owner Stan Kroenke plans to build a new football stadium in Inglewood, California. If the...
A Look Past Gone Girl Excitement Reveals a Raw Deal for Missourians
As first appearing in the Southeast Missourian: Last fall, when Gone Girl began production, Cape Girardeau descended into a starstruck...
South County Connector: Still an Opportunity to Toll
Last week, Saint Louis County officials announced that the proposed $120 million South County Connector had been placed on hold. The...
Government Pensions Should Be Portable, as Well as Sustainable
I was hired by the California Legislative Counsel right out of law school at the age of 25. At the...
Will California Teacher Tenure Lawsuit Affect Missouri?
Earlier this month, The View’s Whoopi Goldberg spoke out against teacher tenure, “Teachers who do not do a good job...
Excessive Regulation, Not Lyft, Needs To Stop Operating In St. Louis
Not long ago, stores such as Blockbuster rented out movies across the nation. Where are they now? Gone, “unwept, unhonored,...
Teacher Tenure: Good for Teachers, Bad for Students
“Wait ‘til you have tenure, then you can do that,” was my former colleague’s favorite line. Although the tenured teacher...
Excessive Regulation, Not Lyft, Needs To Stop Operating In Kansas City
As first appearing in the Kansas City Business Journal: Not long ago, stores such as Blockbuster rented out movies across...
Hospital Price Transparency Bill A Bold And Necessary Reform
In the coming days, the Show-Me Institute will release a policy brief about what Missouri can do to improve access,...
Do You Know The Pay In San Jose?
In late December 2013 and early January 2014, the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) in Washington, D.C., conducted a telephone survey...
Streetcars Will Waste Your Money And Your Time
Paul Jacob writes in his blog This is Common Sense: Transportation scholar Randal O’Toole regales us with the fix that...
South County Connector Is Opportunity For Transportation Innovation
As first appearing in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on November 21, 2013: “Thinking outside of the box” is viewed positively,...
