More Education Problems
Dave Roland and I testified in Jefferson City today in regard to HB 2458, popularly known as the “Children’s Education...
Driving the Snakes Out of Politics (St. Patrick’s Day-Themed)
There is a dangerously misleading letter to the editor in this morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch regarding Missouri’s Special Needs Tax...
Jefferson City Friday Round-Up
There is a great deal going on in Jefferson City these days, which might normally be a bad thing, as...
Margaret Spellings on the Teacher Shortage
Margaret Spellings spoke about alternative teacher certification in Jefferson City yesterday: She pointed to federal programs such as Teach for...
Government By the People?
Some Missouri legislators apparently think that the citizens of this state have too much say in the laws that govern...
Juicing the Issue
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met yesterday for the second inning of its finger-pointing, denial-giving, not-talking-about-the-past examination...
Judicial Smackdown in Jefferson City
Missouri Political News Service has a story on the decision by Judge Callahan in Cole County to throw out the...
You Say Potato, and I Say TOMATO
Yesterday, oral arguments were heard in a lawsuit in Jefferson City about a language change in a 2008 Missouri ballot...
City Manager on Hot Seat in Kansas City
Did you know that Kansas City is one of the largest cities in the United States that has a city...
Pre-Filed Bills to Dominate Blogging, Commentary, Life …
Like an early Christmas for bloggers here at the Show-Me Institute, the swallows have returned to Jefferson City in the...
“City of Dreams”
When I opened the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning, I was greeted by the third front page article in less...
Tax Incentives, Bridges, and Jeff City in August
Governor Blunt has just set a date for a special session of the state legislature. It starts on August 20...
Reason in Jefferson City
I was lucky enough to be able to attend yesterday’s Joint Transportation Committee meeting in Jefferson City. The Chairman of...
Sen. Matt Bartle – A Legislator With Common Sense
In the Springfield News-Leader today, Sen. Matt Bartle discusses in an op-ed piece the veto of HB 327 (aka The...
I Designate Myself the Official Sarah of the State of Missouri
I like three-toed box turtles almost as much as crayfish. But this still strikes me as a bad idea: Legislation...
No Sales Tax Holiday in Jeff City
Via Combest, an article in the Jefferson City News-Tribune about Jeff City’s exemption from the sales tax holiday: City Council...
The One (Hundred) Million Dollar Man.
Over the weekend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed an article about Paul McKee Jr., who is known for developing the...
Missouri Revolutionizes Health Insurance
We’re constantly reminded by the media that health care is in a crisis in the United States. Too few people...
Good Sense in Jefferson City
Jefferson City officials have, at least in one, minor way, exhibited good economics, good tax policy and good common sense...
Trains, market gains and monopolies…
Yesterday, my colleague, Sarah Brodsky, posted on the report on Missourinet about MoDOT’s desire to improve Amtrak’s performance in order...
