Taxinomics: How Not to Run an Industry
There’s an article in the Chicago Sun-Times about the state of the taxi industry in the Windy City, and how...
Atrocious Article About Occupational Licensure From the Chicago Tribune
One of my favorite newspapers is the Chicago Tribune, but this past weekend they it published a god-awful story about the...
High-Speed Rail Proponents Underestimate Environmental Impact
On Monday, eight Midwestern governors met in Chicago to sign a memorandum of understanding by which they committed to a...
School All Year
The Chicago Tribune reports that more than 90 public schools in Chicago will switch to a year-round schedule. This won’t...
School Choice Garners Increasing Support From All Political Quarters
Here’s another piece of evidence that school choice has become, more than ever, an issue favored by people of all...
Building Codes, Your Thoughts Please …
I support the right of local government to enforce building codes if the citizens in those areas want them. Yesterday’s deck collapse...
Single-Sex Charter Schools
Missouri has no single-sex charter schools yet, although a few charters do offer single-sex classrooms. So we haven’t run into...
Recapping the Hoxby Lecture
On Tuesday night, the Show-Me Institute and Saint Louis University were thrilled to host Dr. Caroline Hoxby for a lecture...
Two Moves Forward on Privatization and Consolidation
Larry Williams, treasurer of St. Louis city, is moving ahead with outsourcing of parking meter maintenance and collections. Thanks to...
New Airport Possibility for St. Louis and Kansas City
I had pretty much spent the day researching airport privatization, with KMOX playing in my office (I love streaming radio),...
School Closings in Chicago
The St. Louis Public School District isn’t the only district faced with declining enrollment and the need to close buildings....
Fly the Private Skies
This news from the KC Star is pretty awesome. Officials in Kansas City are talking about privatizing the airport, just...
Tobacco Tales From Both Sides of the State
The Kansas City Star has a detailed article about the upcoming cigarette tax hike, while today’s Post-Dispatch has a profile...
Jefferson City Leadership and Saint Louis
The leadership teams that both parties will have during the next two years in Jefferson City have been announced. It...
MetroLink Conversations on the Road
This morning, I had the pleasure of driving my brother Ben and his wife Jenna to the airport. Ben and...
Missouri Government: D’s Don’t Get Degrees
Missouri ranks in 22nd place. Not bad. Not great. A bit below average, sure, but with room for improvement. In...
Interesting Articles All Around
Just a few things I highly recommend to all of you, my treasured fans … First, an interesting history of...
Charting a Path to Success
By way of Edspresso, I found an article about Chicago’s Noble charter schools: Olsen and his staff have actually convinced...
Charter Schools in the Suburbs
Edudiva is blogging about the just-released MAP scores. There’s good news and bad news: Some districts in the greater St....
Another Round of Incentives for Centene
Clayton, apparently, isn’t following my advice. According to the Post-Dispatch, the municipality is currently looking at an incentive plan for...
