Riding My Bicycle, “Trusty Rusty.”Photo Credit: Nicole Harbin I wasn’t aware that Saint Charles was considering banning bicycles, but, thankfully,...
The Sunday edition of the Post-Dispatch ran an interesting story about the proliferation of food trucks in Saint Louis and...
There has been a controversy during recent months surrounding three downtown Saint Louis night clubs whose rowdy patrons have been...
“There are few things as important as effective government planning,” I said to myself the other day while enjoying a...
O’Fallon (which, if it continues to grow like it has during the past decade, will soon be the largest city in...
Photo credit: Thomas Duda The Tax Credit Review Commission held its regional meeting in a veritable monument to the tax...
The Missouri Tax Credit Commission held a regional meeting in Saint Louis yesterday, and I delivered testimony that tax credit...
Combest today links to a great piece from KMOV Channel 4 about who gets farm subsidies in St. Louis. I...
The Tax Credit Review Commission is holding its final regional meeting at 815 Olive St. in Saint Louis at 3...
We already know that city government can take your home through eminent domain, even if your property will ultimately be...
KMOV, a news station in Saint Louis, has begun airing a multi-part series on school administrator pay. Reporter Craig Cheatham...
According to an article by Brian Hook at the Missouri Watchdog: With seven of the 25 commissioners present, nine residents...
According to a recent AP story by David Lieb: [Gov. Jay] Nixon’s main evidence is anecdotal yet tangible. He cites...
According to this article from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Washington University’s Center for Tobacco Policy Research reported finding 31 times...
Like many boys who were in grade school in St. Louis during the mid-1980s, I lived for the Zippo Awards...
There was a terrific editorial in Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal about proposals in Clayton and Richmond Heights to institute...
For advocates of free markets, St. Louis city presents a disturbing environment for the conduct of business. Indeed, the fact...
A friend emailed me this story from the Sun-Times about the City of Chicago continuing its privatization efforts. According to...
Newsweek ran a good article on “New Orleans’ Charter-School Revolution” yesterday, and it shows the possibilities of a very open...
I attended my first Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority (LCRA) board meeting in Saint Louis yesterday. I couldn’t help but...
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