Bingo and Bicycles
A couple months ago, the General Assembly approved a bill that would end taxation of bingo cards, allow organizations to...
A Good Use of the Line-Item Veto
Combest has a rundown of stories about Gov. Jay Nixon’s budget cuts. I think this is a excellent use of...
Locavores Clamor for a Piece of the Pie
Missouri locavores are collecting signatures to petition Gov. Jay Nixon for a share of the stimulus funds. They want the...
The Best of Bad Alternatives
As many different Missouri outlets have been reporting (links via Combest), the state government is trying to sort out what...
Private Colleges in Missouri May Become Less Competitive
Gov. Jay Nixon intends to increase funding to the Access Missouri grant program by $2.5 million. In addition to the funding increase, the...
Replacing Missouri’s Income Tax Would Reduce Revenue Volatility
As each month passes, Missouri’s fiscal outlook gets bleaker. The state started the fiscal year on July 1 with a...
State Officials Announce Horse-and-Buggy Task Force
Some of Jay Nixon’s economic proposals, like initiatives to retrain workers, sound like sensible policy to adopt during a recession....
Future of Missouri Higher Education
Education is one of the most important issues facing our country, and the Show-Me State in particular. Missouri’s higher education...
A Post About Foreign Ownership That Has Nothing to Do With InBev!
Attorney General (and gubanatorial candidate) Jay Nixon was asked at a recent forum about his transportation plans. KY3’s Political Notebook...
Should College Be Free?
Jay Nixon wants college to be free. Here he explains why: "I firmly believe a college education is key to...
Could You Repeat the Question?
While today’s news is mostly dominated by depression, in the form of finances, film, and the city of St. Charles...
Lawyers Continue Rolling in Taxpayer Dollars
You can’t really give away something that doesn’t belong to you — especially if the "recipient" is its rightful owner!...
I Love Telemarketers
I feel really bad for telemarketers. Everybody is out to get them. Here’s an article in the Post-Dispatch about Missouri’s...
A 50 Basis Point Cut? Try 50,000 …
Yesterday, Attorney General Jay Nixon and several legislators called for reform to Missouri’s payday loan industry, arguing that it engages...
