Opinion: The Rise of Downzoning

During the past 18 months, the City of Columbia has experienced an unprecedented level of…

Opinion: The Call for Full Disclosure

The call for a municipal performance audit costing upwards of a million dollars won’t go…

A Capitol Conversation: The State Budget

Jefferson City is a company town. The company is the State of Missouri. You cannot…

Clyde Bentley, Associate Professor of Journalism Emeritus, University of Missouri

1. What’s your background? I grew up in a blue-collar family in Redding, CA, where…

COU: The Next Phase

That’ll be $600,000, if you please! So the city recently cut a check for that…

The Guardian of Every Other Right

What does it mean to “own” something? For centuries, the system of law that built…

Jay Lindner, Owner, Lindner Properties

1. What’s the hottest development market in Columbia right now? It’s hard to narrow this…

A Capitol Conversation: Sunshine Reform

The Missouri Sunshine Law, the legislation requiring open government meetings and records, celebrates its 45th…

City of Refuge Helps Refugees from Around the World

By the end of 2016, 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide because of persecution,…

Economic Incentives: Pros and Cons

If you follow the city council or county commission at all, you’ve probably heard the…

Needs Over Wants

In October 2016, and at a cost of $1,100,000, the Columbia City Council voted to…