Choice Against the Odds
Here’s a moving story in the Post-Dispatch about a girl who’s had to work hard to attend private schools: Jeleesa...
Saint George: Symptom of a Larger Problem? Or Is It a Smaller Problem?
Traffic ticket hotspot St. George, Missouri, is still on people’s minds after that ugly incident with the police officer last...
Saint Louis County Misses an Opportunity
The Saint Louis County Council has voted to keep its property tax rate the same, rather than lowering it in...
St. George Police Officer in Trouble … St. George???
This post is not about the specific incident that has landed a St. George police officer in trouble. It is...
Be a Show-Me Institute Intern!
Today, we’re announcing our spring 2008 internship program. From the release: Interns at the Show-Me Institute Internship are involved in...
Hey, Verizon Customers: Your Bill Is Going Up …
And probably everybody else’s cell phone bills will be going up too, if this settlement trend in the lawsuit over...
The Tax Rates Are Rolling In …
Some local governmental entities are doing what they are supposed to: lowering their tax rates in response to assessment increases....
License Me, Please, Please, Please …
According to legend, when Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, the British military band played "And The World Turned Upside...
Trouble … With a Capital T
And that rhymes with P, and that stands for Poole. Bill Poole, that is, president of the St. Louis Federal...
Talk of the Town
Long time devotes of St. Louis’ fourth estate know that the finest journalism in St. Louis is not provided by...
And Be Sure Not to Miss This Piece in the Post-Dispatch …
There is an insightful opinion piece in today’s Post-Dispatch about the author’s recent experiences driving in France, which makes heavy...
Amtrak is Successful … I’m Surprised!
An article in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch discusses the increasing ridership of Amtrak between Chicago and St. Louis. Last year,...
Big Bad Wal-Mart is Coming … Watch Out
An article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today discusses Wal-Mart’s decision to expand some of its discount stores to Supercenters,...
Another Change of Schedule
There’s big news about the St. Louis Public Schools on the Post-Dispatch website: As of mid-morning, the start of the...
Ticket Scalping – A Great Idea
Readers of Show-Me Daily already know that ticket scalping is a good thing. Here is an article in the Post-Dispatch...
Home On the (Driving) Range
There is a very interesting, yet controversial, proposal to install a lighted, modern driving range in Ruth Park in University...
No Excuse Left Behind
Thanks, Combest, for linking to an article in the St. Joseph News-Press about the St. Joseph School District’s response to...
University City’s Residents Are Teed Off!
In today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch, an article discusses University City’s attempts to keep the municipal golf course profitable by adding...
Why We Don’t Need More Regulation of Drug Ads
This past legislative session, Missouri was one of 27 states to file legislation that would restrict pharmaceutical advertising. And a...
Missouri Kept Extra Sales Tax Revenues
According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, for the past five years the state of Missouri has quietly kept extra funds...
