KCUR – 89.3 FM, by Mike Sherry, June 26th, 2015 Special interests have long eyed Missouri’s lowest-in-the-nation cigarette tax as a potential pot of gold, if only voters would agree to hike the 17-cent-per-pack levy and direct the windfall to health and education programs. Yet tax-hike advocates have failed narrowly…
The future has never looked brighter for Missouri families
Editorial by Mike White, Published by Springfield News Leader, September 18, 2015 Academic opportunity begins at birth, and early childhood education provides the single best investment we can make in preparing kids for success both in school and in life. Sadly, more than one out of every five kids in…
THE EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH AND EDUCATION AMENDMENT
Our policy reforms the current Missouri Coordinating Board for Early Childhood (CBEC) and renames it the Early Childhood Commission. Our policy is consistent with the mission and vision of the existing CBEC board and we expect any revisions to the commission’s strategic plan after we pass Amendment 3 to be…
Tobacco tax-hike idea designates money for kids, not abortions
By the Editorial Board – St. Louis Post-Dispatch A duplicitous effort is underway to mislead voters into thinking the Raise Your Hands for Kids campaign to boost the state sales tax on tobacco products would allow public funding for abortions. Linda Rallo is executive director of the group that is promoting a tax increase…