The Bankruptcy of Indiana Toll Road Highlights Privatization Advantages
Recently, the Indiana Toll Road Concession Company (ITRCC), which operates the Indiana Toll Road, declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This bankruptcy...
A Real Choice For Students In Unaccredited Districts
As first appearing in in STL Beacon on August 12, 2013: Everyone knows the old adage, “You can’t please all...
Missouri Is 31st For Business Friendliness In CEO Survey
Earlier this week, Chief Executive magazine issued its annual “Best & Worst States for Business” survey, which asked business leaders...
Do Not Give Me That Blaine Old Excuse
In the late 19th Century, James Blaine, a noted Republican politician, led the charge against government support of sectarian (read...
A Voter ID Victory In Pennsylvania: Missouri, Take Note
Yesterday, a Pennsylvania judge rejected a challenge to a state law that requires photo identification to vote in Pennsylvania. Far...
Too Little, Too Late?
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that regulators have granted banks increased flexibility to rent foreclosed homes that they cannot sell....
Why a Whopping Increase in Missouri’s Cigarette Tax Is a Bad Idea
While growing up in the small border town of Atchison, Kan., my father, uncles, and family friends made frequent trips...
The Cautionary Tale Next Door
The state of Illinois recently encountered some bad news. Moody’s downgraded Illinois’s credit rating from A2 to A1, the lowest...
Risky Business
In 2006, Indiana leased its 157-mile toll road to private investors for a $3.8 billion lump sum payment. The lease...
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...
More Evidence Against State Income Taxes
On Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal ran an editorial by economist Art Laffer about the negative impact of state income...
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...
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...
Serving Local Food Is a Daunting Task for School Districts
As we saw in Columbia, Missouri school districts that search in vain for local food to serve are getting a...
Horrible Stuff Up and Down New Federal Spending Bill
This is just a depressing AP article on federal budget expenditures, from beginning to end. This has everything you need...
“Regard It as Just as Desirable to Build a Chicken House as to Build a Cathedral”
St. Louis was mentioned as a city that allows urban chicken farming in this article about an Indiana neighborhood and...
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...
Fun With Numbers (and Economic Incentives)! Hooray!
There are all kinds of fun number-crunching stories to talk about today. But I’ll concentrate on just one. Chicago currently...
The Stupidity of Springing Forward
On Sunday, I will get to sleep for one hour less than I otherwise would have, through the wonders that...
Clarification on Quote in Columbia Daily Tribune
This past Friday, MoDOT held a forum on future transportation funding in Missouri. It was a very worthwhile event, and...
