Blaine Amendments: Plaguing State Constitutions Since the 1800s
Douglas County School District in Castle Rock, Colorado, was dealt a tough blow Monday. The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Douglas...
Veil Lifted from Teacher Collective Bargaining Negotiations in Colorado
Colorado voters said YES to Proposition 104 last week at a ratio of 7 to 3. The ballot initiative will...
You Can Call Them Buzzards, But That Makes Missouri The Carcass
Another day, another governor courting — or as some are saying, “trying to poach” — Missouri’s businesses. This time, it’s...
‘This Is What Airports Do,’ Part 1
As part of Kansas City officials’ effort to convince voters that we need a new airport terminal, Mayor Sly James...
Donnybrook: Brenda Talent Returns to KETC
Show-Me Institute Executive Director Brenda Talent was a guest on Saint Louis local roundtable discussion show Donnybrook on July 26,...
Attorney General Chris Koster Should Join the Multistate Health Care Lawsuit in Florida
When they passed Proposition C last August, Missourians demonstrated their overwhelming opposition to the federal health care reform law. They...
Will They Push George Brett Around in a Wheelchair?
I sure hope not. For starters, I think he’s only 60 and in perfectly good health. But ever since the Red Sox...
Try, Try, Try Again? Not Always a Good Idea
The Kansas City School District, in another effort to reform lagging schools, plans to move students into an ungraded primary...
Growth by State
Many variables affect a state’s economic growth, including public policy, natural resources, geographic location, business centers, etc. The large number of contributing...
Free Speech, Lawsuits, and Cheap Gags
Here at the Show-Me Institute, we have been following the North Face / South Butt lawsuit with great interest. Many...
Changes to College Funding System Could Increase Efficiency, Transparency
In the realm of higher education funding, Missouri can do better than the system it currently has in place,...
Tough Call on Real Estate Transfer Taxes
Yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a story about the effort by Realtors to pass an amendment to Missouri’s Constitution that...
The Future of Highway Funding
The Kansas City Star reports on the increasing support for a plan to scrap and replace the fuel tax. The...
Chancy Private Accounts
There is a Colorado-based company (HSA for America) that helps individuals and companies set up individual HSA plans and shop...
Missouri Needs a Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights
The passage of Referendum C last month in Colorado has editorial boards swooning. Colorado voters had “good reason” to suspend...
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