From the Roundtable: MU’s Homecoming game exposure nothing like its TV debut

Homecoming at the University of Missouri was a major tour de force. The exposure of…

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…

From the Roundtable: Community suggestions could help promote local tourism

A slight uptick in sales tax receipts somewhat brightens the local financial picture, though the…

From the Roundtable: Could city budget shortfall lead to new taxes?

The numbers swim and dance before us in the most strenuous tome of the late…

Guest Column: Helping small-business owners reach dreams

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

From the Roundtable: Lessons unlearned: Theatre, YouZeum sinkholes sapped donor base

The recently announced — presumably temporary — suspension of activity at the Missouri Theatre Center…

The drawn-out demise of Columbia’s passenger train service

The last time I took a train to Columbia’s Wabash Station was in April 1969.…

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…

From the Roundtable: MU lab explosion a reminder of experimental dangers

The recent explosion and fire in Schweitzer Hall on the University of Missouri’s white campus…

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,…

From the Roundtable: MU, and local economy, dodges realignment bullet

The college athletic conference realignment scenario that almost cascaded this month proved to be a…

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…