Illinois Legislature Voting on Increasing Tax Collections in Missouri
Illinois is voting tonight on whether to raise their cigarette tax by a full $1. If this passes — and...
So Much Misinformation in This Editorial … So Little Time!
On the subject of Illinois’ film production incentives program, the editorial board at the Chicago Tribune poses the question: What’s...
Missouri: Land of Relatively Low Taxes on Beer, Wine, Spirits, Cigarettes, & Gasoline!
I used the Show-Me Institute’s newest web tool, IDEAS: Interactive Database for Economic Analysis and Synthesis, to compare the tax...
Columbia Board of Education Candidates Discuss Cafeteria Food
The Columbia Daily Tribune asks school board candidates which improvements they would like to see in school lunches. One candidate...
Missouri’s Tax Freedom Day Falls on April 4
Today, the Tax Foundation released its annual Tax Freedom Day Special Report. According to the foundation’s calculations, Missouri’s “Tax Freedom...
“Rightsizing State Government”
I stole the title for this blog entry from Gov. Jay Nixon’s speech the other day. I haven’t discussed it sooner,...
She Fell In Love With The Drummer
The city of Duluth, Minn., made the band Wilco and its members honorary citizens. Not to be outdone, the city...
Metro Board Member Responds to Show-Me Institute Op-Ed
The Show-Me Institute recently released an op-ed by research assistant John Payne, titled “Adding New MetroLink Lines Too Costly, Inefficient.”...
Rent-Seeking Behavior in the Illinois Wine Industry
According to a story from WSIL: A plan pushed by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, could bolster a core of his...
Missouri Can Be Proud of Its High-Speed Rail Allocation
Here are some things to be happy about! Missouri ranks last among the 50 states in the number of professions...
Feds Allocate $8 Million to High-Speed Rail; Missouri Gets a 0.39% Cut
Yesterday, the Obama administration pledged $8 billion in federal stimulus funds to develop a high-speed rail system in the United...
Voting With Your Feet Grocery Cart
Fox4KC recently aired a story about how the governor’s proposal to increase the state sales tax rate will raise the...
Bill Would Broaden Definition of “Service Dog”
H.B. 1293 would include dogs that perform therapeutic services under the legal definition of “service dog.” The current definition lists...
Illinois’ Cup Runneth Over … to Missouri
When are Pigovian taxes a win? When they happen in a border state! I wrote back in September about how...
The Role of the Lieutenant Governor in Missouri
A few days ago, the Joplin Globe ran an editorial that discussed the micro issue of the relationship between Gov. Jay...
Interesting Tax Data From the Tax Foundation
The St. Louis Business Journal has a story about a recent study comparing sales tax rates in the 50 states....
Illinois Attorney General Files in Support of Autism Service Dog
The Post-Dispatch reports: Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed papers with the 5th District Appellate Court in Mount Vernon announcing her office’s intention...
What Would a Soda Tax Mean for Missouri?
Twenty two states have already enacted selective taxes on soda. In two of these states, Virginia and Illinois, this tax...
Single-Sex Charters Expand in New York; Will Missouri Be Next?
Single-sex classrooms have caught on in public districts and charter schools in Missouri, so I would expect single-sex charters to...
Tort Reform 2: Reform Schoolin’
Today’s Kansas City Star has an excellent article about the debate over whether tort reform should be part of the...
