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Taxing Smokers Does Not Show Support of Education

Taxing Smokers Does Not Show Support of Education

Apr 21, 2015

As first appearing in the Columbia Daily Tribune: These days there are a lot of calls to make people pay...

Enforcing Macks Creek Law: Progress in Saint Louis County

Enforcing Macks Creek Law: Progress in Saint Louis County

Jan 6, 2015

Last month, Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster sued 13 cities in Saint Louis County for violating Macks Creek Law, which caps...

Why a Whopping Increase in Missouri’s Cigarette Tax Is a Bad Idea

Why a Whopping Increase in Missouri’s Cigarette Tax Is a Bad Idea

Apr 25, 2012

While growing up in the small border town of Atchison, Kan., my father, uncles, and family friends made frequent trips...

Attorney General Chris Koster’s Amicus Brief Only Goes Halfway

Attorney General Chris Koster’s Amicus Brief Only Goes Halfway

Apr 11, 2011

The Show-Me Institute has been one of the leaders in urging Missouri’s attorney general, Chris Koster, to join the lawsuit...

Missouri: A State of Uncertainty on Health Care Regulation

Missouri: A State of Uncertainty on Health Care Regulation

Mar 3, 2011

Last month, a judge in Florida struck down the individual mandate component of the federal health care regulation, and declared...

Judge in Florida Overturns Federal Health Care Law

Judge in Florida Overturns Federal Health Care Law

Feb 1, 2011

The judge in the multstate lawsuit struck down the individual mandate component of the federal health care regulation. Twenty-six states...

Missouri’s Attorney General Is Still Not Yet On Board Florida Lawsuit

Missouri’s Attorney General Is Still Not Yet On Board Florida Lawsuit

Jan 27, 2011

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has not yet signed onto the multistate lawsuit challenging the federal health care law. At least...

Florida Deadline Comes and Goes; Missouri’s Attorney General Is Not Yet On Board

Florida Deadline Comes and Goes; Missouri’s Attorney General Is Not Yet On Board

Jan 19, 2011

Not only have a majority of Missouri voters signaled that they’re against the health care law, lawmakers in Jeff City...

Missouri House Passed Resolution Encouraging Koster to Join Lawsuit

Missouri House Passed Resolution Encouraging Koster to Join Lawsuit

Jan 12, 2011

Yesterday, with a vote of 115-46, the Missouri House passed a resolution encouraging Missouri to join the multistate lawsuit in...

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