Familiar Story of Financial Woes for St. Ann
Northwest Plaza is struggling, and it is taking St. Ann down with it. The Post-Dispatch has an all-too-familiar story of...
Milton and Money Stock Control
Read this article at theFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. View a brief video commemoratingMilton Friedman, hosted by thepresident...
Jackson County Makes the Right Call …
Via Mr. Combest, the Kansas City Star reports that Jackson County, Missouri (that’s Kansas City and suburbs, for you St....
How the Transitional School Board Can Succeed in Saint Louis
The face of public education in Saint Louis is changing. Although court challenges continue, the city’s school board has become...
This Is The Best Idea I Have Ever Had…
A short time ago, Maurice wrote about how a proposal to dramatically increase the cigarette tax in Illinois might drive...
The U.S Postal Service is Privatizing
An article in the Kansas City Star today discusses the move by the U.S Postal Service to privatize some of...
Forced Desegregation Isn’t the Answer, School Choice Is!
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 vote, decided that the Seattle, WA, and Louisville, KY, school assignment plans...
Columbia, IL, Does It Right!
In St. Louis and other cities and towns in Missouri, the use of TIFs and tax incentives to encourage development...
In Praise of MoDOT
I stand here today to praise MoDOT. These are words you do not often hear in Missouri, where attitudes toward...
More on the Wonderful Water of St. Louis
Mayor Slay wants to prohibit city government from buying bottled water: Does that mean banning water coolers? “We’re looking at...
St. Louis Has the Best Tap Water!
In today’s St. Louis Post Dispatch, U.S. mayors declare that St. Louis has the best water in the United States!...
Tax Incentives for Centene
David Nicklaus writes about Centene’s search for a place to expand: Richard Fleming, president of the St. Louis Regional Chamber...
I Love the Sales Tax Holiday!
I stand to respectfully yet strongly disagree with my colleague Sarah Brodsky, over her arguments against the sales tax holiday....
My Ears are Burning
Just a few days after Paul Jacob mentioned our scholar R.W. Hafer’s op-ed about St. Louis traffic and bridge construction...
Cape Officials Consider Very Bad Idea …
As reported in the Southeast Missourian, city officals in Cape Girardeau are considering instituting some type of earnings or payroll...
A For-Profit School in the Post-Dispatch
An interesting article in the Post-Dispatch illustrates some of the differences between private and public schools: One day, Henderson saw...
The One (Hundred) Million Dollar Man.
Over the weekend, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch printed an article about Paul McKee Jr., who is known for developing the...
A New Start for SLPS
Control of the St. Louis Public School District is now in the hands of the three-member transitional school board today,...
Finally, a Centene Post …
We haven’t posted yet on Centene for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s all over the local news...
Getting Sauced on Liquor Licenses …
The May edition of Sauce Magazine has a wonderful article on liquor licenses in the St. Louis area. I really...
