This email was sent to us and several other blog and media outlets: Mega Millionaire Rex Sinquefield attempting to extend his influence in the legislature by calling and pressuring Republican State Representatives to elect his man, Allen Icet speaker. Sinquefield has hired an entire team to get his candidate for Speaker elected, including Democrat super-lobbyists […]

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Former Show Me Institute editor and now Cato Institute adjunct scholar Tim Lee, discusses “tensions in libertarian theory.” Technology Liberation Front blog: Recently I’ve noticed an interesting tension in libertarian theory. As I’ve mentioned before, I just completed work on a new paper on eminent domain abuse in Missouri that will be published by the […]

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The Show-Me Institute has released a new case study that examines the privatization of pharmacy services in Saint Louis County. The study reviewed trends in both the budget and actual expenses of county pharmacy operation, which show that before 2003, costs were rapidly rising — consistently outstripping budgeted figures. When the county opened a competitive […]

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Judge Callahan says state’s constitution is clear – public school funding formula is decided by Legislature not the court Today, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Callahan issued an order, which disposes of most of the legal arguments, ruling in favor of the State of Missouri and against 262 school districts that challenged the school funding […]

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“Hi everyone!! It is already an amazing start of the school year…even though the school year hasn’t started yet. Anyway, to backtrack, my summer was an eventful one. I had an internship at the Show-Me Institute, which is a public policy think tank in St. Louis. It was a great opportunity to work there, since […]

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Former legislator Mark Wright must be starving for attention now that he is out of power. On Thursday he made big news when Jo Mannies reported that the “conservative” lobbyist is opposing conservative Republican efforts to reform Missouri’s judicial selection process. According to reports, Wright is even writing long rambling letters to the editor using […]

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By Maurice Harris In late June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that school assignments based on race are unconstitutional. The ruling has sparked a firestorm among people who believe that this change in precedent could create de facto segregation in public schools. There’s a much better way to solve the problem of institutional racism in […]

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“The activists within the Missouri Association of Trial Attorneys, are not always looking for the most qualified people to elevate to judgeships. Many of them are looking to support candidates who agree with their legal opinions.” By David C. Stokes Missourians amended our state constitution in 1940 to change the ways judges were selected for […]

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Show Me Institute policy analyst David Stokes, recently wrote a passionate piece on this issue. By Ann Pierceall Missouri is the only state in the country lacking a mechanism to fund wireless 911 service, and 17 counties in the state have no 911 service at all. Efforts to bring such service to all of Missouri […]

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Show Me Institute editor Eric Dixon argues in this commentary that, although a circuit court judge recently struck down a controversial midwifery provision inserted by Sen. John Loudon from a health insurance reform law, the measure deserves to be resurrected. By Eric D. Dixon Ever since HB 818, the ground breaking consumer-based health insurance reform […]

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