Graphic presentation demonstrating issues surrounding Legislative Term Limits in Missouri. Includes tables, charts, and graphs....

Graphic presentation of a survey regarding State Representation in Legislatures. Data representations include graphs, charts, tables and maps.

List of facts regarding Child Safety Seat Laws in Missouri....

Graphic presentation concerning Missouri sales, personal income, and corporate taxes. Data representations include maps, charts, tables and graphs....

Graphic presentation on Missouri State and Local government revenues, debts, and Intergovernmental revenues....

Can the governor remove issues from his proclamation convening a special session of the General Assembly after the legislature has convened? A preliminary analysis of the structure and case law of the Missouri and other state constitutions lead...

In Summer 2003, the Institute of Public Policy conducted a mail survey of state legislators in Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and South Dakota. We found that the number of requests for casework a...

Graphic presentation of data and facts related to funding Missouri's highways. Data representations include tables and charts....

Graphic presentation on Missouri state and local taxes. Data representations include charts, tables, graphs and maps....

One function of government is to provide the goods and services (police, courts, education, roads, economic security, etc) that individuals need and want but are unable to obtain from the private sector. In order to provide ...

Graphic presentation on Missouri Property Taxes. Data representations include tables, graphs, and maps....

and processes of the Missouri General Assembly since the 1940s. It also provides an overview of how the legislative process has evolved since the 1970s. The second half of the report discusses typical methods used in other states that might be applicable...

Graphic presentation concerning Autism and public policy. Data presented in tables.

For most of Missouri's history, salaries for legislators, judges and statewide elected officials were set by statute but legislators have had difficulty increasing that compensation and many legislators have found it popular to oppose them. Since...

American state legislatures provide considerable institutional variation for testing theories of legislative representation, and one such feature is the multi-member district system (MMD). Whereas the U.S. House and most American state legislatures...

In the past few years, Missouri legislators have been considering whether the state should implement toll roads. Historically, Missouri and other states have funded transportation projects on a "pay-as-you-go" basis, paying for construction...

Pressure for revisions in Missouri's sentencing laws has been increasing, fueled by analyses of the severity of those laws, by the examination of alternatives to sentencing, and by the escalating cost of incarceration. The trends are very clear...

The following report examines tenure and turnover in the Missouri General Assembly following the critical 2002 general election and the 2004 election. The 2002 election was the first since the decennial redistricting and the first in which a large...

The following report examines tenure and turnover in the Missouri General Assembly from just before term limits took effect through the election of 2006. The 2002 election was the fi rst since the decennial redistricting, and the first in which a...

Graphic presentation addressing material hardships among American families. Data presented in charts, graphs, and maps.