“Wouldn’t You Fight It if the Taxpayer Pays for Your Development Instead of You?”
Last month, the Post-Dispatch published an article by Tim Logan illustrating the significant lobbying power of the individuals and companies...
Eliminate, Reduce, Discount, or Cap? Considering the Future of Missouri’s Historic Tax Credit
Missouri’s Tax Credit Review Commission, like the Bowles-Simpson National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, is a far-from-perfect mechanism for...
Don’t Hate the Players, Hate the Game
The Post-Dispatch has an excellent article that illustrates one reason why government tax incentives for private development almost always fall...
Show-Me Institute in the Media
The primary purpose of Show-Me Daily is to facilitate conversation and debate about policy issues in Missouri, from a free-market...
No One Wants to Poison Their Customers
In August, consumers across America were frightened by news of a salmonella outbreak traced to several farms in Iowa. The...
Graphic in the St. Louis Business Journal Raises More Questions
In a St. Louis Business Journal editorial, the chief operating officer of a development company praises low-income housing tax credits...
Free Trade Does Not Cost Too Much
Mike Guzy, who currently writes for the St. Louis Beacon and formerly wrote for the Post-Dispatch, is a very talented...
Awarding Funding for Low Performance Encourages Failure
According to this Post-Dispatch article, only the worst-performing schools were eligible for recent School Improvement Grants awarded by the U.S....
Regulation to Go
The Sunday edition of the Post-Dispatch ran an interesting story about the proliferation of food trucks in Saint Louis and...
Who Can Revoke a Liquor License?
There has been a controversy during recent months surrounding three downtown Saint Louis night clubs whose rowdy patrons have been...
Supersize Compensation
KMOV, a news station in Saint Louis, has begun airing a multi-part series on school administrator pay. Reporter Craig Cheatham...
Love That Smoky Flavor!
According to this article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington University’s Center for Tobacco Policy Research reported finding 31 times...
Wasting Green on Going Green
If you care about going green, you should care about internalizing the costs of pollution. If you care about sustainability,...
$218,398 … Or More!
On Sunday, Jessica Bock of the Post-Dispatch reported that the superintendent of the Ferguson-Florissant school district was awarded health insurance...
Hydropower on the Mississippi
Sunday’s Post-Dispatch had a great story about expanded interest in hydropower along the Mississippi River. New technology is making it...
Is a Trash Case a Precursor to a Health Care Decision?
Last month, the Missouri Court of Appeals ruled that a St. Louis man cannot be compelled to purchase trash hauling...
Home Sweet Home?
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, home prices in the St. Louis region rose 20.4 percent in the last three...
Funny You Should Mention It …
On July 31, the Post-Dispatch ran the following letter I had written to the editor: Society makes a promise to...
Nothing Comes From Nothing
On Tuesday, Saint Louis city residents voted overwhelmingly to pass a $155 million bond for Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS)....
Liquor Licenses as Weapons
Several weeks ago in a post about adult establishments, an interesting discussion about liquor licenses began in the comment section....
