Guest Column: Overcoming vulnerabilities in the local economy

It used to be harder to argue that there are vulnerabilities in the Columbia economy.…

From the Round Table: MU better off with business executive as president

Landing a business executive to preside over the state’s only Land Grant university may be…

From the Roundtable: Coal fuels Columbia—past, present and future

The first time I flew into Columbia in 1963, one landmark that stuck out in…

Guest Editorial: Making a case for a near-north Interstate 70 bypass

Plans for improving Interstate 70 seem to have settled on an expansion of the existing…

From the Round Table: Casting light on community’s illumination shortcomings

With the approach of the Christmas season, as strings of holiday decorations appear, Columbia, like…

From the Roundtable: Worries about commercial vacancies must broaden beyond The District

Another structure was added to Columbia’s roster of empty buildings recently when Everett’s restaurant wound…

From the Roundtable: Graham bound to beat the rap, but still should admit misdeed

Senator Chuck Graham still has time to take the honorable action and admit that he…

Our city and university are heading down wrong roads

I am worried. I am worried about Columbia’s future as well as the destiny of…

From the RoundTable: 3M layoffs reveal crack in ‘quality of life’ foundation

I shudder whenever anyone talks about employment and job security in the electronics industry. With…

Events bolster sales tax revenue, but is funding source sufficient?

Hardly a weekend passes in Columbia without some burst of activity—even in the dead of…

Planners should do homework before choosing new high school site

Wading into the Great Controversy over where Columbia’s fourth high school should be placed, I…

Columbia should offer incentives for businesses to move here, grow

There was a fillip of good news the other day about some new business activity…