The Missouri House on March 26 approved a bill that requires Missouri police officers to ask about the immigration status of arrested suspects. The executive branch’s frustrations with worker policy have played out in the legislature, too, with no measure clearing the House and Senate by late March. The House began this year’s debates when […]
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For some destinations, airlines offer low-rate fares. But if you’re looking for an economical, no-frills journey to a final destination, Joe Kinney is the man to see. Kinney operates the Heartland Cremation & Burial Society, which he describes as a “store-front funeral home.” The idea is that families need an unobtrusive place to research and
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Technology has dramatically changed the way consumers and businesses communicate. What was once global is now local; once time consuming, now quickly accomplished. Travel agencies have felt the impact of the Internet with consumers able to book discounted flights, trips and hotels online. Now, it looks as if the real estate industry may also be
If there’s one thing Deborah Beste has learned in her 12 years at Phoenix Programs, Inc. she says, it’s that alcoholism and drug addiction cut across all social and economic lines. Beste heads the Columbia-based not-for-profit-agency, which has a $1.4 million annual budget and 50 employees and every year provides treatment to about 2,000 clients
If you had a crack team in charge of optimizing the efficiency and innovation of your business I imagine it might look a like this: Thomas Edison, my Grandma Georgie, Batman and Sacagawea. Not dissimilar to this composite is the team at the University of Missouri-Columbia Energy Management Department, efficiency experts who know what it’s
Trick question: It’s a truck. Take a close look around any major parking lot in the area. Ford, GM and Daimler-Chrysler dominate. The Big Three made two-thirds of all the cars, trucks and SUVs now owned in Boone County. The Ford F-Series pickup is the county’s most popular vehicle by far, according to a CBT
Term limits, regionalism, research fight tearing away Columbia’s political status. House Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden’s remarks signified an astonishing change in Missouri’s historic stance on higher education. The comments came after a Democratic Senate filibuster in March stalled Gov. Matt Blunt’s proposal to sell off Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority assets to finance a
