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Out-of-towner city manager replacement has big shoes to fill | From the Roundtable

As much faith as I have in the wise and collective wisdom of our elected…

Bill Watkins: A job well done | From the Roundtable

That headline sums up the recently concluded five-year performance of Bill Watkins in the hot-bird…

Transportation changes key to Columbia’s population growth | From the Roundtable

It’s official: 108,500. That’s the number of people who were living in Columbia in April…

From the Roundtable: How Columbia should feel about year-end economic condition

Why did the local economy get a bit of a breather this year compared with…

From the Roundtable: Drewing moves Machens into the league of industry pioneer

Every time I pass by a Joe Machens showroom, I’m reminded of what the late…

From the Roundtable: Intellectual property has its price

The Columbia Daily Tribune’s recent announcement that it will start charging people to read articles…

From the Roundtable: Stormy seas await city and county government crews

Heading into winter, I have feelings that the next year or two are going to…

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…

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…

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.…