Gov. Nixon Unexpectedly Gives Legislators Another Reason To Override A Tax Cut Veto
Last Thursday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon dispatched a press release saying he believes the income tax cut, passed by a...
The Ayes Don’t Have It: Medicaid Expansion Fails In Missouri
The proposed Missouri Medicaid expansion has reached the end of the line, at least for this year. When Missouri Gov....
The Ayes Have It: Income Tax Cut Passes
The Missouri Legislature has passed arguably the state’s biggest tax reform in years, the “Broad-Based Tax Relief Act of 2013,” and...
No Need To Throw Taxpayer Money Down The Well
Last year, at the height of the drought in Missouri, I wrote about Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon’s Executive Order authorizing...
It Just Ain’t So
Mark Twain once said, “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for...
Jay Nixon Makes The Wrong Call On Medicaid
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon calls an up-or-down vote on expansion of the state’s Medicaid program “the biggest decision facing our...
State Of The State Address: Simply Irresponsible To Propose Medicaid Expansion
It was no surprise that Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon expressed his support for expanding the state’s Medicaid program during his...
Choice, Not Early Childhood Education, Is A ‘Smart Investment’
What do Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon and Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro have in common? Regarding early childhood education, both...
It Is Time to Reform Medicaid, Not Expand It
If someone who is sinking deeper and deeper into debt comes to you with an offer of “free money,” you...
An Ode to Caps
Last week, a committee of the Missouri Tax Credit Review Commission reviewed the Historic Preservation Tax Credit and the Low...
What is so Common about the Common Core?
I have heard the old adage, “the plural of anecdote isn’t data.” Nevertheless, on two occasions recently I had the...
On the Proposed Medicaid Expansion
As our readers know, last Thursday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced his support for an expansion of Missouri’s Medicaid program....
Show-Me Discusses the Medicaid Expansion With Media All Across State
It has been a busy few days in the Show-Me office. Yesterday, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon announced that his upcoming...
Nixon: Missouri Will Not Implement Health Insurance Exchange By Federal Deadline
In a victory of sorts, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said on Thursday that the state will not be able to...
Kansas Governor Earns ‘A’ On Fiscal Report Card; Missouri Governor Gets ‘C’
On Tuesday, the Cato Institute published the latest edition of its Fiscal Policy Report Card on America’s Governors, a biennial...
More Bad News for Missouri Competitiveness
With the stroke of a pen, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has changed the competitive landscape in the Midwest. What happens...
Let’s Not Throw Taxpayer Money Down The Well
Missouri has been dealing with some harsh weather conditions. Drought conditions in some parts of the state are “exceptional.” Needless...
Michigan’s Mamtek: Yet Another Reason Missouri Should Abandon Film Tax Credits
Apparently Missouri representatives failed to show at the annual Association of Film Commissioners International Show in Los Angeles. Jerry Berger...
Sorry, Film Directors: Taxpayers Should Not Have To Pay For Your Luxury Hotel Rooms
Film director Jennifer Lynch told KSDK Channel 5 that Saint Louis is the perfect place to shoot her film, “A...
Let Kansas Make Foolish Development Bets; We Have Better Things To Do
The Associated Press has published an excellent article about the tax incentive border war in Kansas City. According to the...
