Illinois’ Tax Is Missouri’s Gain
On Sept. 1, Illinois will significantly raise taxes on alcohol, a diktat that will hurt Illinois businesses while benefiting bordering...
Let’s Talk About Tort Reform!
This is one of those topics with a good chance of starting an argument, which would be swell fun for everyone....
Service Dog Update
The Illinois boy with autism who I wrote about the other day will be allowed to bring his service dog...
How Good Is Health Care in Missouri?
Many of my friends are involved in discussions about health care. A common thing I hear is that people are...
Reining in Medicaid
An article in the Springfield News-Leader reports that the number of people within Missouri’s Medicaid program has risen 5 percent...
Missouri Suffers From the Saint Louis and Kansas City Earnings Taxes
The Saint Louis and Kansas City earnings taxes, 1-percent income taxes imposed on those living or working within city limits,...
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...
What Does the Earnings Tax Cost Saint Louis and Kansas City?
Missouri’s two largest cities are shrinking relative to the rest of the United States. The city of Saint Louis is...
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right
An article in the Springfield News-Leader reports on a labor law that has more to do with retaliation than with...
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...
Sarah to Arne: Let Parents Choose
I’ve received a request to blog about a Chicago Tribune article, “Arne to Illinois: Shape Up,” specifically this quote from...
Wise Words on Charter Schools
When I saw this link on Edspresso, I thought, “Great. The federal government is, as usual, telling the states how...
A Tax I Pay That Others Should, Too
This article in the Post-Dispatch is a perfect example of the issues Josh considered in his great post about public...
The Governor of Illinois Wants to Help Missouri’s Economy
I can’t think of much better for Missouri’s and St. Louis’ economies than Illinois raising its income tax significantly. Thank...
David Nicklaus on “Buy Local”
David Nicklaus continues to write about the locavore movement. Here are my comments on a column he wrote a few...
Misery Loves Company
There is a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (link via Combest) about how states are pushing for a new...
Reason Talks About Truck-Only Lanes in Missouri
From the latest email edition of Surface Transportation Innovations, by Robert Poole of the Reason Foundation: Progress on Truck Toll...
Interesting Articles All Around
Just a few things I highly recommend to all of you, my treasured fans … First, an interesting history of...
Memo to the Missouri Division of Tourism
I learned something about our beloved state in a golf trip to Ireland, from which I just returned. On two...
Well, Duh …
People respond to prices, incentives, and mandates. We all know that, although many people wish it were not so. Today’s...
