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Creating an Inclusive Culture

In my last piece for CBT, I spoke about how companies can improve their hiring practices to be more inclusive. After hiring practices, the next thing to think...

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Hopeful for the Future

Dear Editorial Staff: The April 2019 article “A Promising Property,” on the derelict Ameren lot, was a much-needed, informative primer on a decades-long blight in our neighborhood. Thank...

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Let’s Make Their Positions Permanent

Well, let’s be done with it. Erase the word “interim” from their titles and formally make John D. Glascock, PE, Columbia’s next city manager and confirm Lieutenant Geoff...

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A Call to Serve

This appeared in print as a part of the feature “Changing Faces” Jason North grew up idolizing his father, a volunteer firefighter. A Springfield native, North spent his...

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Engineering At All Stages

This appeared in print as a part of the feature “Changing Faces” Niki Kriete was a self-proclaimed space nerd in high school. It’s what led her to pursue...

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A City Forecast Amid Change

Props to John Glascock, PE, who has hit the ground running as acting city manager. He’s listening to, talking to, and renewing the confidence of those who serve...

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A Capitol Conversation: The House Investigator

In every election cycle, there are lawmakers who watch from the sidelines. They wait for their own terms of office to come to an end and feel relieved...

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Local Perspective: COMO’s Hooligans of Yesteryear

What is it about our downtown, The District, that is so f-ing awesome?! Specifically, what is it about these downtown businesses that make them feel like home when...

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Opinion: It’s Not a Surprise

It was destined to fail — Proposition D, the motor fuel tax increase proposal. And it did! Missouri continues to carry the ignominious honor of having the nation’s...

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Local Perspective: MU Is Spreading Roots Throughout Missouri

When I first visited MU, one of the things that struck me about the campus was its beauty. The entire campus is a diverse botanical garden, with beautiful...