MOScout Sunday6: Constitutions, Cars, and Mouse Race

1. Length of constitutions around the globe.  United States is relatively short.  Missouri’s constitution, by the way, is around 65,000 words.

Source: Twitter

2. KC Business Journal reports, “Amazon.com Inc. plans to open a new delivery center in a vacant former Haldex Brake Products Corp. building in Blue Springs… The Blue Springs delivery center becomes Amazon's ninth known facility in the Kansas City metro area.”  Amazon’s hiring spree is truly amazing right now.

Source: Chartr.

3. Yes, I know we all lived it. But still interesting to see as a visual. Missouri presidential voting swings 2016-2020.

Source: Missouri Mapper.

4. With the gas tax getting some debate time over the next couple of weeks, here Missouri showing up on a list of structurally deficient bridges.

Source: Statista

5. One worry about the gas tax is an eroding tax base as electric cars make up a bigger proportion of vehicles.  It’s a legitimate concern, but it’s also going be a while until it has a big impact.

Source: New York Times

6. Most popular car by state.  Note: this doesn’t include pick-ups obviously….

Source: Insurify

7. Does work feel like a rat race sometimes?  In the legislature, it can feel like a mouse race.