Econ Matters: Do we really benefit from tax credits?

Tax credits have been in the news a lot lately. First, the state of Missouri…

Local website guides consumers to green businesses

Arianna Parsons wants to help consumers do more to help the environment than turn off…

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…

Socket lands Callaway broadband project

“Big city broadband. Rural reality.” That’s how Socket Telecom is touting the fiber-optic network it’s set to build in central Callaway County and a sliver of eastern Boone County.
This month the US Department of Agriculture awarded Socket a $16.6 million grant and a $7.1 million loan under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Within the next 90 days, Socket will use that money to start building a fiber-optic network capable of serving more than 3,000 homes and businesses.
In the process, Socket will change as a company.

Candidates turn attention to fall election

Campaign Financing

Golf fanatics unite: Are you up for a marathon challenge?

Let me start by saying I am not a golf warrior. In fact, I’ve never…

Give me your best pitch

Pitch Slam

Kumon Math and Reading Center: A long-term investment in student success

Originally, Manjula Narasimhan just wanted to keep her daughter occupied. Now, the after-school teaching program…

Imagining downtown Columbia, 2025

H3 Studio’s urban planners, hired by the city for $60,000, conducted an intensive week-long planning exercise known as a charrette.

MU opens neuroscience center in renovated building

The Alzheimer’s Association estimates there are 110,000 elderly residents in Missouri with Alzheimer’s disease and…

MU deals with housing crunch

Facing a housing shortage on campus, the University of Missouri has for the third year…