Voices

It’s Only an Election

  It began on the playground behind Cleveland School. The fracas was sparked by the…

Ask Anne: Payroll and People Searching

  Dear Anne,    My office manager is doing our payroll now. We have seven…

Listen to Citizen Concerns

Columbia is hardly the exception among municipalities in seeking an ongoing report card of citizen…

Ask Anne: Cell Phones and Time Skills

Dear Anne, My company is small and has recently hired its first full-time sales rep.…

Airport Terminal Improvements Needed

“Something has to be done. There’s something not quite right with having passengers waiting out…

Ask Anne: Exemptions and Excursions

Dear Anne, I read that the Department of Labor is changing the definition of exempt…

More Challenges Ahead for MU

Figures released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau estimate Columbia’s population is now 119,109, making…

Mike Matthes: A Brief History of Flying

“Come Josephine in my flying machine. Going up she goes! Up she goes!” – Fisher…

Roadblocks to New Terminal Takeoff

The most important item on the City of Columbia’s “to-do” list of municipal projects is…

Mike Matthes: Death and Sales Taxes

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” –…

A Bipartisan Look Forward

The April 5 municipal election confirms Columbia’s continued drift to the political left and, like…

It’s Not Over Yet

That an untenured assistant professor of communications can cause the University of Missouri so much…