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Guest Column: Missouri needs a cigarette tax increase

In many categories, Missouri has the lowest taxes in the country. The Morgan Quitno State…

Guest Column: A successful event provides multiple rewards

When business owners list the tactics in their marketing arsenals, too few include event marketing.…

From the Roundtable: Intellectual property has its price

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

Guest View: How to thank a veteran? Hire one.

When I ask veterans coming home from the battlefield or long deployments what they miss…

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…

Guest Column: Proposition 1: Vote ‘yes’ for community and kids

On Nov. 2, Columbia residents on will have the opportunity to vote “yes” for our…

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…

Guest Editorial: No easy answers to zoning dispute on Broadway

Sunset Lane is a quiet, sloping street lined with modest, well-maintained houses. It’s the first…

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…

Guest Column: Helping small-business owners reach dreams

On July 30, 1953, the Small Business Administration was founded and has since helped millions…

From the Roundtable: Lessons unlearned: Theatre, YouZeum sinkholes sapped donor base

The recently announced — presumably temporary — suspension of activity at the Missouri Theatre Center…