On May 4, at the request of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, I presented a proposed plan that includes reducing the size of the department’s staff by 1,200, closing 135 facilities and selling more than 740 pieces of equipment. By 2015, the proposed direction would save $512 million that will be used for vital […]
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By now, the word is out that a major overseas enterprise balked at opening a facility here because our air transport connections didn’t meet the company’s requirements. Although still anonymous, we’ll ultimately discover the entity in question and where it chose to settle. As we lick our wounds, it’s time to move on and improve
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Dim the lights, and cue the music. Like the beginning of any good love story, Justin and Sonya Addison’s story begins with music and ends with a diamond — well, several of them actually. The couple, who owns Tucker’s Fine Jewelry and Gift Gallery, met in the Marching Eagle Band at their alma mater, Central Methodist
Columbia city officials and Missouri Department of Transportation representatives will respond to public questions and comments about plans to modify Stadium Boulevard and several intersecting streets at a hearing 4 to 6:30 p.m. May 24 at the Activity and Recreation Center, 1701 W. Ash St. During the next three years, MoDOT plans to widen Stadium Boulevard to
Columbia city officials and Missouri Department of Transportation representatives will respond to public questions and comments about plans to modify Stadium Boulevard and several intersecting streets at a hearing 4 to 6:30 p.m. May 24 at the Activity and Recreation Center, 1701 W. Ash St. During the next three years, MoDOT plans to widen Stadium Boulevard to
Nearly 70 years ago, J. Howard Miller created a poster that would go down in history. It featured a woman, her hair tied back in a bandana, flexing her bicep and declaring, “We can do it!” The poster, designed to recruit women into a depleted workforce during World War II, was displayed in a Westinghouse
For some of the state’s business organizations, the 2011 legislative session was a win-some, lose-some affair. At the beginning of the session, a number of groups — including the Missouri Chamber of Commerce — established a six-point agenda appropriately named “Fix the Six.” The proposals included eliminating Missouri’s franchise tax, making it harder for someone
