Lead in the Legislature
The Missouri Green Party announced that it has received enough signatures to trigger an audit of the St. Louis city...
‘Insure Missouri’ Strays From Path to Free-Market Reform
The ink is barely dry on HB 818, an innovative free-market health care reform bill that encourages individual responsibility and...
The Bridges of Pork-Barrel Congress
There is a very cool graphic over at the National Taxpayers Union that maps out the ratio of deficient brigdes...
2006 Annual Report: Better Late Than Never
"How did it get so late so soon?" This query from Dr. Seuss was echoed by the equally whimsical St....
More Choice on the Horizon? Glimpsing the Future of St. Louis Public Schools
Last night I participated in a panel discussion (hosted by Metropolis St. Louis, FOCUS St. Louis, and the League of...
Welcome, Dave Roland and Justin Hauke!
The Show-Me Institute is expanding, bringing aboard new policy analysts and a research assistant to help us conduct the best...
Tour of Missouri’s Value Yet to Be Determined
World-class cycling came to Missouri. For one week in mid-September, Missourians were offered an intimate look at the sport. Judging...
Truancy in Reverse
An article in this morning’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch details the rising trend in “educational larceny” — the term used for...
Direct Subsidy More Efficient Than Universal Insurance
Gov. Matt Blunt’s new low-income health care plan, “Insure Missouri,” may cover more than 100,000 people by the middle of...
Czar Anthony the Great?
When the Legislature passed HB 1944 last year (modifying existing laws related to eminent domain use), it included a provision...
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...
Saint George: Symptom of a Larger Problem? Or Is It a Smaller Problem?
Traffic ticket hotspot St. George, Missouri, is still on people’s minds after that ugly incident with the police officer last...
Gasp! People Actually Move to Low-Tax States!
File this article under "Like we said …" The Kansas City Star had an article last week about the fact...
‘Hot Fuel’ Regulations Would Harm Consumers
Nobody likes high fuel prices. In recent years, as gasoline costs have soared, consumers have looked for solutions — ranging...
Exciting News For Mobility and Safety On I-70 In Missouri
Via Combest, there are numerous articles today about the grant from the US Dept. of Transportation to MoDOT, funding an...
Saint Louis County Misses an Opportunity
The Saint Louis County Council has voted to keep its property tax rate the same, rather than lowering it in...
St. George Police Officer in Trouble … St. George???
This post is not about the specific incident that has landed a St. George police officer in trouble. It is...
Midwifery in Missouri Continues to Attract Attention
The fine folks over at the Missouri Political News Service have alerted us that my op-ed from last month, "Missourians...
Clay County Keeps Trying To Do The Right Thing
The three members of the Clay County Commission are fast becoming my favorite local elected officials in Missouri. (Doesn’t everyone...
Messenger Gets the Message on Eminent Domain
Cato Institute scholar and former Show-Me Institute editor Tim Lee e-mailed to make sure we linked to this excellent column...
