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Justice is Not for Sale

THE NONPARTISAN Court Plan has been working for Missourians for 72 years by taking politics out of the courts and focusing on the qualifications and experience of judges....

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How Amendment 3 Will Help

AMENDMENT 3, the proposal to make changes to the Missouri Plan to enable Missouri citizens to exercise more accountability over judicial selection, is not a radical change from...

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By The Numbers for October 2012

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Columbia’s Medical Hub

THE NUMBERS for the Columbia area’s burgeoning medical industry are ever changing and sometimes difficult to quantify. There are questions such as the number of practicing physicians, assistants,...

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An Economic Solution

Education is not a social issue. It is an economic one. Investing in education is, hands down, the best forward-looking solution for our state’s and our nation’s economic...

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Save Missouri’s Highways

Bouncing across Missouri through Jonesburg in 1914 on the Old Trails Road would have been a ton of fun and adventure. Gas was selling for a few pennies...

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Flashback: El Don Motel

“Em, spent Monday in this motel after passing through St. Louis. Havin’ a ball – livin’ high – see you soon. George.” This note, scrawled on the back...

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Downtown’s quirks challenge housing

The cash flow potential is incredible. “Beds” in the two-, three- and four-person apartment complexes shooting up across downtown Columbia are renting for north of $500 to $600...

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Health care reform costs don’t add up

With the recent Supreme Court hearings, the rhetoric has ramped up significantly regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. I cannot speak knowledgeably about the constitutionality...

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It’s time to start paying attention

To paraphrase one of the songs from Rogers and Hammerstein’s hit musical “Oklahoma”: “Everything’s up to date in Columbia. They’ve gone about as fer as they can go.”...