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Widen Pool of Dock Electrical Inspectors

Widen Pool of Dock Electrical Inspectors

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Show-Me Institute On Missouri Radio

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In case you have not heard, there is trouble brewing at the “Party Capital of the Lake of the Ozarks.”...

Medical Licensing in Missouri

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Tough Call on Real Estate Transfer Taxes

Tough Call on Real Estate Transfer Taxes

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Yesterday’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch had a story about the effort by Realtors to pass an amendment to Missouri’s Constitution that...

County Seat Mania ? Live From The Gasconade Octagon

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If you like studying government, covering politics, and writing about it all on a blog, then yesterday’s Post-Dispatch had a...

Is This What Supporters of the Village Law Wanted?

Is This What Supporters of the Village Law Wanted?

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The Springfield News-Leader has a great article (link via Combest) about what happened in the one county that allowed people...

Personal Property Party Cove

Personal Property Party Cove

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An article in the Lake Sun Leader (via Combest) discussed a new law requiring owners of storage facilities, such as...

High Taxes. Zero Growth. Coincidence?

High Taxes. Zero Growth. Coincidence?

Nov 29, 2007

The Kansas City Star has an article today (link via Combest), on the small town of Farley in Platte County....

Books or Wine?

Books or Wine?

Jun 6, 2007

An editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today is right on the point in discussing the inherent failures of school...

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