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Missouri General Assembly broadens insurance coverage

The Missouri legislature this year took incremental steps to help the state’s businesses—particularly smaller employers—provide…

Grounds management company stakes out high-end turf

Columbia Turf owner Bill McWilliams is not a spur-of-the-moment kind of guy, despite his low-key…

City bus service starts with scramble

One day in early August 1965, shortly after my return from a meeting on the…

Multi-use building project left in limbo by unofficial moratorium

Jon “T.K” Livingston wants to raze his three aging rental properties just east of the…

As passenger numbers grow, bus depot renovation moves into final stretch

The Wabash Depot addition is expected to be ready later this summer, just in time…

Jefferson City Council takes city in new directions

The Jefferson City Council welcomed four new members—and possibly a sea change in municipal government—…

Penitentiary exhibit to display artifacts of prison life

The Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City has had a long and colorful history since…

MU researcher to bring nanotechnologies to market

Shubhra Gangopadhyay has big plans for turning the University of Missouri’s tiniest research projects into…

Health sciences companies grow with Missouri Innovation Center assistance

Equinosis Principals: Kevin G. Keegan, associate professor of equine surgery at the University of Missouri-Columbia;…

University partnership makes Immvac a global competitor

Immvac Inc. is a $50 million-plus veterinary pharmaceutical company with more than 40 employees doing…

Jones Beltone takes hearing help to heart

Some people say it’s bad to mix business with your personal life. For Dean Jones,…

Legislators considering economic development new initiatives

Several bills that could have an impact on Columbia’s economic development were still alive with…