Collective Bargaining Under the Missouri Constitution
As the Springfield News-Leader reports, Judge Michael Cordonnier of the Greene County Circuit Court handed down a very important decision...
No “Free-Market Clouds” for Blunt
I have a few comments to add about the Springfield News-Leader op-ed piece that David Stokes wrote about earlier today....
How Not to Be Taken Seriously When You Write an Op-Ed
Combest today has a link to a truly bad op-ed on health care in the Springfield News-Leader. (This is not...
Our World-Famous Health Care Study
The latest Show-Me Institute Policy Study — “The Prognosis for National Health Insurance: A Missouri Perspective” — is shaping up...
Reining in Medicaid
An article in the Springfield News-Leader reports that the number of people within Missouri’s Medicaid program has risen 5 percent...
Let Them Pay Taxes!
The Springfield News-Leader reported today on the task force created to address the pension deficit in Springfield. The pension plan...
Confusion Over CIDs in Springfield
After a debate about CIDs in the comments of my post about tax stacking, I came across an article in...
SMI in the Springfield News-Leader Today
We have two pieces published in the Springfield News-Leader today. First, Dr. Joseph Haslag has an op-ed about why Springfield...
A Taxing Dilemma
Caitlin Hartsell’s recent blog entry discusses another recent news piece, this one in the Springfield News-Leader, about that lawyer who...
Prospects of Education Reform
Joe Knodell, opining in the Springfield News-Leader today, is hopeful about the progress of education reform in the state. Knodell,...
Your Tax Money Is in the Toilet (Literally)
One of my favorite U.S senators, Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, has included a couple of Missouri pork/earmark/stimulus projects in his...
Pork vs. Earmarks: What’s the Difference?
I think it is great that the candidates for the open congressional seat in Southwest Missouri are having an ongoing...
Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right
An article in the Springfield News-Leader reports on a labor law that has more to do with retaliation than with...
Summary of Show-Me Institute Pension Presentation in the News-Leader
Today’s Springfield News-Leader has a detailed article about the city’s pension issues, which also discusses the Show-Me Institute’s presentation at...
Stimulus Money
The state of Missouri is going to get so much money, it doesn’t know what to do with it all....
Economic Growth Only One Factor in Choosing Judicial Selection System
Earlier this year, the Show-Me Institute released a study of the “Missouri Plan,” the state’s merit system for judicial selection....
Cooperation, Not Legislation
Under the Missouri Constitution, no government agency can prohibit or punish people’s efforts to cooperate with each other as they...
Webster County at Risk of Being Sucked Dry by Ethanol
On Wednesday, an appellate court heard arguments about the proposed $165 million ethanol plant for Webster County. The Springfield News-Leader...
Is This What Supporters of the Village Law Wanted?
The Springfield News-Leader has a great article (link via Combest) about what happened in the one county that allowed people...
Enforce the Existing Laws First
A letter in the Springfield News-Leader urges the state’s congressional representatives to vote for the adoption of the Fairness in...
