When I sat down with Governor Eric Greitens shortly before Christmas for a conversation about his first year in office, I expected that we’d air it in a half-hour special report in January, just before he delivered his second state-of-the-state address to Missouri lawmakers. I did not know then that KMOV-TV, in St. Louis, was […]
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Columbia recorded its first homicide while the New Year was still very young. Not something to boast about. It’s a problem about drugs, as individuals — rivals and their gangs — spar with each other over the sale and distribution of a cornucopia of various controlled substances in the local marketplace. And so it goes
Medical office real estate has emerged as a significant and robust subclass of office real estate. (The category can be very broad and include everything from a hospital facility to a chiropractic office.) There’s been exponential growth in this market segment in recent years, and current demographic trends indicate that the growth trend will continue
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As a human being, you’re built to be creative. For too long, we’ve categorized creativity into something synonymous with the arts. We look at songwriters, painters, or sculptors as creative people. But you, as a human being, create things every day. Sometimes we create fantastic interactions with people; other times, we create drama. Sometimes we
Market Fragmentation: “The emergence of new segments (in a previously homogeneous market) which have their own distinct needs, requirements, and preferences. These fragments reduce the effectiveness of mass marketing techniques and erode brand loyalty.” (BusinessDictionary.com) With the internet and social media, consumers no longer have to “take our word for it.” They can research and
For the second year, the Columbia Chamber of Commerce has produced a local agenda intended to help direct and steer the policy discussion with our local leaders and elected officials. One of the agenda items is about the City of Columbia’s operating budget. The fiscal year 2018 budget approved by the City Council in September
The topic of the day is sexual harassment. Do you have any advice on how to keep it out of our workforce? Sexual harassment is not a new problem, but it has been hidden, for the most part, for as long as I can remember. It’s been brought up on occasion, but one-on-one cases are
With fewer than six months to go until its 10th anniversary this July, Achieve Balance Chiropractic has grown into a bustling practice. It’s hard to find anyone as passionate and enthusiastic about their work as Dr. Arminta Phelps, who runs a team of six at Achieve Balance with the help of her mother, Gwendolyn Carl,
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“There isn’t any place in town that works with kids with autism,” says Jason Morris, co-owner of Elite Athletic Performance. So, to solve that problem, EAP and the MU Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders have joined forces to give kids with autism an opportunity to work out. Owners Craig Hindelang and Jason Morris
Over a dinner conversation with my husband’s extended family a few months ago, his cousin mentioned that another college student at MU had recently overdosed on Adderall in the library. He said they must have taken an “insane” amount to actually OD. I had questions: what is this stuff? How did the student get it?
