Leaders fall over themselves to offer tax incentives to everyone from Amazon to Burns & McDonnell to Cerner while city services are being starved of tax revenue because those companies are no longer paying.
Government accounting works just like your checkbook. You start with a beginning balance, add deposits and deduct payments. If you spend more than you deposited, your ending balance is lower than your beginning balance.
On the day of Missouri’s primary election, a man accosted a MU student journalist while she was interviewing people at the polls. He accused her of being a purveyor of “fake news.” Then he spat at her.
The heralded research of MU’s 2018 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Professor George Smith, is a powerful example of achievements that contributed to improved health of people around the world.
My four siblings and I were devastated to lose our father. Little did we know that we would soon lose our mother. After a hurried and careless investigation, she was arrested and charged with our dad’s murder.
While we agree that those in the White House have abdicated their role as leaders, we recognize that local leaders are the ones best equipped to enact meaningful and expedient solutions to climate change.
Jason Segedy, director of planning and urban development for Akron, Ohio, notes that the problem with economically distressed areas is not inequality. The problem is poverty. Too many residents are equally poor.
In 2015, the Obama EPA put forward a definition that further expanded Washington’s reach into privately owned lands. They claimed it was in the interest of water quality. But it was really about power.
It might be well over a year before Missourians start getting prescriptions for legal medical marijuana filled. But those with employees should start thinking now about how the workplace will be affected.
Both served in World War II and almost died in combat. They were rivals for the GOP nomination for president in 1980 and 1988. ’88 was particularly challenging: The frontrunners shared some harsh words.
We understand the concerns many have expressed, and we are still endeavoring to learn all that we can from John’s death. But we regrettably believe that much of the criticism is based on misunderstanding.
A few powerful lobbyists and politicians are plotting to undermine the will of the people. They might use lawsuits or deceitful legislative action to gut these desperately needed reforms however they can.
There is considerable agreement between promises made by Trump and the Democratic Party platform. If Trump and Democrats in Congress decide to work together, they could accomplish a great deal.
“There is more access to this president than Obama. We see him and interact with him and punch in questions with far more frequency than with Obama. Probably more so than for (George) W. Bush.”
The Lifeline program offers qualifying low-income Americans access to cellphone and broadband service to stay connected to their jobs, families, health care providers and emergency services.
I can tame a knife fight with the right group of people and a cup of hot soup. For this reason, my reputation as a Souper precedes me through every dark alley in town, and I am privileged for it.
These should not be controversial measures. Unfortunately, the Republican brand is currently so synonymous with anti-voting stances that everyone I have encountered in my two years of anti-Crosscheck advocacy has assumed I’m a Democrat. (I’m not.)
Most of the people helped by her efforts have not been in a position to do too much for her, except perhaps to vote or to volunteer. Fine with her — the point of public service is the “service” part, after all.
There are about 32,000 people in Missouri’s prisons. While that’s a big number, the truth is that our state penitentiaries hold only violent and career criminals who truly need to be locked up.
At a time of hyper political polarization, U.S. Rep. Roger Marshall of Kansas and author Ramon G. Corrales outline the importance of civility and how to make meaningful progress in Washington.
