Slap Happy Days Are Here Again…
It is every elected officials’ favorite question: What to do with a budget surplus? The Post-Dispatch has a good article...
Eye Exams for Everyone
The state of Missouri may soon require comprehensive eye exams for all students entering kindergarten or first grade: Parents without...
MOHELA Money II: Biotech Boogaloo
Looks like Gov. Blunt and friends will get their MOHELA money after all. At this juncture, pointing out just how...
How to Spur Budding Industries
I have to disagree a bit with Steve’s assertion that doling out state money will “drive Missouri’s budding biotech industry.”...
Vouchers for SLPS
There’s an interesting op-ed regarding vouchers over at the Columbia Daily Tribune this morning. The author argues that one possible...
Health Insurance for High-Risk Patients
Missouri legislators want to expand the state’s high risk health insurance pool: The bill makes it easier to get into...
Assessor’s Office Is Very, Very Busy
Word on the street is that St. Louis County Government is currently getting deluged by phone calls regarding the on-average...
Merger mania
Just as Richmond Heights and Clayton near the end of their joint study on merging the cities, legislation has been...
Language, Dress of Thought
The English-language cartel is pushing for more regulations: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The House voted Wednesday to require commercial drivers...
Common Sense in Arizona
The Arizona Republic, the state’s largest paper, has a great editorial defending Arizona’s new scholarship tax credit program, which is...
Riding the bus to the county, and a stronger MO
Amidst the state takeover of the St. Louis Public Schools, education reformers are tossing around a number of ideas for...
More of the Same in Saint Louis Schools
Outstate Missourians are annoyed that so many of Missouri’s tax dollars have gone towards education in St. Louis, with poor...
Local Control and Local Funding
The Springfield News-Leader has an insightful editorial arguing that Missouri should be allowed to opt out of No Child Left...
Virtual School
Some parents are upset that grades 6 through 8 are left out of Missouri’s new online education program for the...
Taking the CON Out of Certificate of Need Laws
Most industries are open to all firms willing to make the necessary initial investments to enter the market. If I...
CON Job
Over at our main website, Steve Bernstetter has a great article about the need to ditch monopolistic “certificate of need”...
School Choice Successes Abroad
There’s been an interesting debate going on about school choice. A persistent theme of the school choice critics is that...
The REAL ID Revolt
I’m not too worried about the coming of the antichrist, but I think the drive to opt Missouri out of...
IT + Healthcare = Money Saved
Governor Blunt has been on tour recently, promoting a new system for cataloging and sharing patient information between doctors and...
Minimum Wage provides minimum advantages
Governor Blunt recently changed his mind about Missouri’s new Minimum Wage laws. Initially, January’s minimum wage increase applied only to...
