Columbia Could Benefit From Privatizing City’s Water and Electric Utilities
Columbia, like many cities across the country, faces budget shortfalls for the current year and the expected future. City officials...
Helping the Poor by Denying Them Access to Money
In yet another case of good intentions gone bad, the bill Congress passed last year to reform the credit card...
Benefits of Tax Credits Concentrated in Urban Regions, Costs Diffused Throughout Missouri
Last week, I spoke to Roseann Moring at the Springfield News-Leader about the Tax Credit Review Commission‘s recent recommendations. (Here...
Tax Incentives Are Not Necessary for Economic Development: An Example
I spend a lot of time arguing against strategies for economic development that have more costs than benefits. Something that...
“The Forgotten Man” in Missouri
Read this short article from the Springfield News-Leader offering an encouraging account of politicians avoiding partisan wrangling and getting along...
Tax Incentives Are a Game We Can’t Win
Today, Show-Me Institute Research Analyst Christine Harbin appeared on the Sarah Steelman Hour radio show in Springfield, talking about tax...
Seventh Signature and the Bill is Free!
The governor will be jetting around Missouri over the coming week for ceremonial signings of H.B. 1311, the Autism Spectrum...
Truth in Advertising
As many fans of the Show-Me Institute will already know, I have spent a lot of time during the past...
“Rightsizing State Government”
I stole the title for this blog entry from Gov. Jay Nixon’s speech the other day. I haven’t discussed it sooner,...
Smoke ’em While You Can
Although both Saint Louis City and County have recently passed a smoking ban (albeit a relatively mild one in the...
Obstructing the Will of the People
Here at Show-Me Daily, we have long documented the efforts of the Missouri Municipal League to prevent this state’s citizens...
Nanny State Policies and Their Side Effects
Matthew Kahn writes about safety precautions that can do more harm than good because they lull people into complacency: Child...
Springfield Deserves a Small Amount of Praise for Its Red Light Cameras
Don’t worry, I still detest red light cameras and think they are a total violation of our rights. I think...
SMI in the Springfield News-Leader Today
A commentary in the Springfield News-Leader today cited a recent op-ed of ours (OK, of mine) about city utilities in...
Switching to Private Utilities Could Fund Springfield’s Pension Shortfall
The city of Springfield is currently struggling to deal with a significantly underfunded public pension plan. Officials recently attempted to...
Update on Airports in Southwest Missouri
The Springfield Business-Journal has a great update on the airport market in Southwest Missouri, after a recent expansion in Springfield...
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...
Who’s Afraid of the Defined Contribution Plan?
The city of Springfield can’t keep going with the police and fire pension system it has in place. The unfunded...
Springfield Pension Problems Make the Wall Street Journal
The pension problems in Springfield were discussed in depth in the Wall Street Journal the other day. Richard C. Dreyfuss, an...
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...
