Guest Column: A successful event provides multiple rewards

When business owners list the tactics in their marketing arsenals, too few include event marketing.…

Guest View: How to thank a veteran? Hire one.

When I ask veterans coming home from the battlefield or long deployments what they miss…

Guest Column: Proposition 1: Vote ‘yes’ for community and kids

Guest Editorial: No easy answers to zoning dispute on Broadway

Sunset Lane is a quiet, sloping street lined with modest, well-maintained houses. It’s the first…

PYSK: Keith Politte

Manager, Technology Testing Center, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute CONTACTS: E-mail: [email protected]; AIM/Skype/Twitter: mojokp AGE:…

Guest Column: Helping small-business owners reach dreams

On July 30, 1953, the Small Business Administration was founded and has since helped millions…

Guest Column: Meat inspection program preserves local option for consumers, producers

From the Missouri Department of Agriculture Every Saturday from March through October, shoppers at the Columbia Farmers Market line…

Guest Column By Heather Lutze: Expand by thinking global, acting local

Many small-business owners think that to be successful, they must dominate the world. After all,…

Guest Column: First step in Gulf oil crisis: Stop the leak, not advance legislation

The BP oil spill is an ongoing tragedy for the Gulf Coast region, its economy…

Guest Column: Legislative leaders fail to support Missouri manufacturers

Did you know Missouri manufacturers employ nearly 290,000 Missourians, more than 10 percent of total…

Guest Column: An insider's view of payday lending in Columbia

Early in my job as a center manager for Advance America, I began noticing the…

PYSK: Sally C. Powell

AGE: 35 YEARS LIVED IN COLUMBIA: 13 ORIGINAL HOMETOWN: Cape Girardeau JOB DESCRIPTION: I am…