I’m Thinking of a State …
An op-ed in the Lake Sun Leader imagines a better Missouri: Imagine businesses operating as responsible partners in making Missouri...
We Have a Nominee for Worst Proposal of 2007…
O’Fallon, MO, is seeking to annex the Busch Wildlife Area. This would put one of the state’s parkland and wildlife...
Missouri … The State That Takes Your Property!
In today’s St. Louis Business Journal, an article points out that Missouri is failing in pursuing comprehensive eminent domain reform....
Health Care Ownership Index
Over at Statehousecall.org, John Graham links to his new index ranking states on "health care ownership." Missouri comes in 32nd....
MO HealthNet could save money!
An article in MissouriNet today discusses the new MO HealthNet plan and the challenges it still faces: MO Health Net,...
How High is the Bar?
The New York Times reports on state education standards and discusses the disparities between them: For example, an eighth grader...
Coverage in the Business Journal
The latest issue of St. Louis Business Journal has an op-ed by Show-Me Institute research fellow R.W. Hafer. An excerpt:...
Missouri Term Limits
Yesterday in the Columbia Daily Tribune, columnist J. Scott Christianson had a few unpleasant things to say about an organization...
Faint Praise
A few days ago, at the Laissez Faire Books blog, David M. Brown added a cautionary note to my May...
Au Contraire
Rep. Brian Nieves has an op-ed in the Springfield News-Leader in which he defends his proposal to require using English...
HSA Legislation Is Signed Into Law
With the signing of H.B. 818 into law this past Friday, Missouri is now the first state in the nation...
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...
Please Read the Transcript of this Article Back to Me…
There is a very interesting article in the Kansas City Star today about a provision in a bill passed by...
Virtual School Off to a Slow Start
Missouri’s new virtual school hasn’t taken off as quickly as expected: Director Curt Fuchs had expected more than 5,000 full-...
Missouri Leads the Way to Free-Market Health Care Reform
Missouri residents may soon have the chance to take control of their health insurance. Although the standard employer-based model...
Realism is a Good Thing…
My love of trains has been discussed before. However, in a recently released study recommending against adding an Amtrak line...
Bad Use of Incentives
An editorial in the Joplin Globe titled "Good Use of Incentives" praises the proposed Missouri Quality Jobs Act: Without the...
Broad Coalition Behind the Midwives
There’s a great column in the Post-Dispatch today about the midwife legislation: Every mother has a particular way in which...
School Choice Would Provide Incentives
An editorial in today’s Post-Dispatch says: Almost half of the 23 school districts in St. Louis County have slammed their...
Students Would Benefit From Diverse Virtual Schools
What kind of student enrolls in a course online? It could be someone who needs to do remedial work, or...
