Don’t Let Transportation Development Districts Charge Fuel Taxes
A new bill in the Missouri Legislature (HB 1362) would allow transportation development districts (TDDs) to implement fuel taxes along with...
Bill Would Give Workers a Vote
Imagine you could vote for the president only one time, and then you were stuck with the results until he...
Bill Addresses Government Union Transparency Gap
What is the difference between a government union, like the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and...
Missouri’s Fuel Taxes in Context
On March 1, Iowa increased its fuel taxes by 10 cents per gallon. Other states, including Nebraska, Minnesota, South Dakota, and...
Changes to Macks Creek Law Making Their Way Through Missouri Legislature
Since the events in Ferguson last year, there has been an increasing push from across the political spectrum to do...
Change On the Way for Rideshare Regulation in Missouri?
The Mardi Gras celebrations that took place last week in Soulard were met with extremely cold weather, with temperatures dropping...
Iowa, Nebraska, and Arkansas Legislators Gear Up for Income Tax Cuts
In 2014 the Missouri Legislature passed a modest income tax reduction which, given its size, by no means solved the...
Ditch the Tax Incentives and Pursue General Tax Cuts Next Year
The Missouri Legislature’s 2014 veto session begins this week, and the chambers are set to reconsider dozens of bills rejected...
Taxing a Population: Saint Louis and Kansas City’s Earnings Tax Draw People Away
The city of Kansas City grew in population by 4 percent between 2000 and 2010, but the population of its...
Proposed Amendment 7 Is Bad Policy
As first appearing in the St. Louis Business Journal: The St. Louis Business Journal recently published an editorial critiquing my...
A Transportation Sales Tax Is Bad Policy For Missouri
As first appearing in the Southeast Missourian: In the 1929 Rose Bowl, the speedy Roy Riegel of the University of...
Vetoes, Vetoes, And More Vetoes
There has been a lot of consternation in the Missouri Legislature about Gov. Jay Nixon’s vetoes and withholds (withholds differ from...
Power Play In Southeast Missouri
Ameren is one of the state’s largest electrical utilities. Noranda is an aluminum company in Southeast Missouri that, due to...
Missouri’s Conservatives: Resolved to be Irresolute
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: Winston Churchill chided the British government for inaction at a time of growing...
Reflecting On 2014 Education Legislation
As I reflect on the 2014 Missouri legislative session, it is easy to get caught up in what could have...
Senate Bill 493 Is Not A School Choice Bill
On Thursday, the Missouri Legislature passed Senate Bill 493. Described as the “transfer fix,” the bill contains many provisions. One...
Going Too Far To Limit Voter Input
There are at least two efforts in the Missouri General Assembly to prevent the ability of local voters to restrict...
We Have A Tax Cut: Missouri Legislature Overrides Governor’s Veto
It was a long road, but after a 23-8 override vote in the Missouri Senate yesterday and a 109-46 vote...
Unappointed Charter School Commission Undermines Intent Of Law
In 2012, the Missouri General Assembly passed a bipartisan charter school law. As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, the bill...
Racing To The Wrong End Zone – In Transportation Funding
As first appearing in the Columbia Tribune: In the 1929 Rose Bowl, the speedy Roy Riegel of the University of...
