From the Roundtable: Growing inventory of vacant property troubling for Columbia

Watching the claw of a backhoe nibble away at the old Cleeks building on the…

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…

From the Roundtable: 1956: Another watershed year in Columbia's economic development

My first contact with Big Blue was in the early ’50s. Staring at a school…

From the Roundtable: Bike, Walk and Wheel – potholes, cracks and trash

The Columbia area couldn’t have been blessed with finer weather for the recently concluded Bike,…

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…

From the Roundtable: Will Dudley stick with campaign position on West Broadway?

Pick any day of the week, and at 4 p.m. you can watch the traffic…

From the Roundtable: Election results favorable, not a mandate for radical change

The victories of three candidates for City Council deemed business-friendly thwarted an oft-feared council majority…

From the Roundtable: Who are the ideal candidates from a business perspective?

With the rhetoric steaming up in the days before Tuesday’s municipal election, it’s time to…

From the Roundtable: Let's not miss new industrial, technological opportunities

It’s an interesting exercise to review Columbia’s hits and misses in the economic development contest.…

Guest Column: MU reducing coal dependence

The nation meets 44 percent of its energy needs by burning coal. The University of…

From the Round Table: Candidates deserve darts for trying to hide electronic footprints

It’s disheartening to learn that two candidates for seats on the Columbia City Council left…

Guest Column: Business community: Speak up for bond bill, Missouri jobs

Recently several legislative leaders spoke out against House Joint Resolution 77. That’s the bill that…