Voices
If you follow the city council or county commission at all, you’ve probably heard the acronyms TDD and TIF, and you’ve also probably heard of Chapter 100. TDDs...
In October 2016, and at a cost of $1,100,000, the Columbia City Council voted to expand Flat Branch Park and purchased the building and lot at 32 S....
Cannabis has arrived. Missouri is among at least a dozen states looking at medical marijuana legalization in 2018. Twenty-nine states already allow that, with nine having given the...
As a community, we are blessed with many women leaders supported by some wonderful men. You don’t have to look far to see elected women leaders on school...
Have you ever wanted something, whether in your personal or professional life, but never made it happen because you were too afraid to ask? Have you ever wanted...
175,860 passengers flew out of Columbia Regional Airport last year on scheduled airliners serving Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, and now Denver. That’s a far cry from the handful that...
It has now been 45 years since Missouri adopted its Sunshine Law, which obligates government agencies and officers to give the public access to most public records and...
While delayed briefly by the need to deal with his personal scandal, Governor Eric Greitens refocused on politics in late January with a two-day state tour to announce...
Nearly one in three American adults has a criminal record listed in the FBI’s master criminal database. And a criminal record can prevent someone from obtaining employment. This...
There are two things in the administration of Columbia’s city government that never should be allowed to happen again. No more marathon seven-hour city council meetings. No more...