PYSK: Stacey Thompson

Stacey Thompson Owner, Columbia Welcome AGE: 40 YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: Four most recently and a few years during graduate school…

Employers risk violating new genetic information law | Guest Column

In response to achievements in the field of genetics, such as the mapping of the…

Businesses benefit from health care reform | Guest Column

Why MoDOT is doing what it’s doing | Guest Column

On May 4, at the request of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, I presented…

PYSK: Dan Kliethermes

President and Owner, Kliethermes Homes and Remodeling Inc. AGE: 55 | YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 37 JOB…

Independent contractors serve our community | Guest Column

These days, for small-business owners like me, access to independent contractors can sometimes serve as…

Columbia moves slowly in embracing African-Americans | Guest Column

The release of new census data provides an opportunity to make an assessment of the…

We know better than the voters | Guest Column

There’s a theme that has become increasingly prevalent in the Missouri legislature during the past…

It’s time to pay our mayor and Council members | Guest Column

It’s time to pay our mayor and Council members On April 5, Columbia residents will…

Guest Column: Political parties must learn to work together

America has faced many challenges in the past six years, including the longest recession since…

Guest Column: Data will drive the future of health care delivery

Great steps of innovation and creativity mark the history of the medical profession, but in…

Guest Column: Shop local. Click here.

My husband and I have been hometown merchants for more than 30 years, so buying…