Powerful State Sen. Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) chairs the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee in Jefferson City. He spearheaded the bipartisan effort for Missouri’s $2.8 billion I-70 expansion plan. I-70 will be rebuilt and six-laned across Missouri from St. Louis to Kansas City. Missouri House Transportation Accountability chair Rep. Don Mayhew (R-Crocker) describes the $2.8 billion I-70 plan as the largest boondoggle in Missouri history. Senator Hough joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”, and he disagrees with Chairman Mayhew’s position. Chairman Hough notes I-70 is the nation’s oldest interstate and tells listeners that it’s shovel-ready. He also says the state is currently spending $80 to $110-million a year just to maintain I-70. Representative Mayhew wants to see I-44 six-laned instead. Senator Hough tells listeners that there are parts of I-44 that are ready:
(LISTEN): U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) discusses school choice legislation and state highway bill on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
U.S. Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Springfield) is not a fan of legislation from State Rep. Don Mayhew (R-Crocker) that would change the name of I-70 in Missouri to I-44 and would change the name of I-44 in Missouri to I-70. Congressman Burlison joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri.” He also discussed legislation he’s introduced called the Achieving Choice in Education Act. It would double the contribution limit on K-12 expenses with 529 accounts from $10,000 to $20,000 a year. Congressman Burlison says school choice makes educational institutions more accountable and responsive to families. He also tells listeners that he felt persecuted in public schools in the 1980s and 1990s, citing his experience in an art class. Critics of school choice say it takes money away from public schools:
(LISTEN): Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) previews Missouri’s 2024 session on “Wake Up Mid-Missouri”
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) is seeking Missouri’s Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2024. Republicans currently have a GOP supermajority in the House of 111-51. Leader Quade joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri.” She predicts House Democrats will pick up five additional seats in the next election cycle. She’s also confident that bipartisan child care legislation from State Rep. Brenda Shields (R-St. Joseph) will pass the House again this year, and predicts GOP Governor Mike Parson’s proposed budget in January will fund Medicaid expansion. Leader Quade tells listeners that a number of rural Missouri hospitals have closed since she took office after the 2016 election. She says Medicaid expansion is helping rural hospitals:
(LISTEN): Big Whiskey’s development in Columbia could include outside mall, similar to Chesterfield
A Columbia businessman who helped recruit Big Whiskey’s American Restaurant and Bar to Columbia is excited about the new development that will be built near the fast-growing I-70 and Lake of the Woods interchange.
DeLine Holdings owner Greg DeLine tells 939 the Eagle that Big Whiskey’s will be built on the interchange’s southeast corner, near Holiday Inn.
“That area is hungry for, you know, this kind of thing. If you look at the rooftops out there between there and Old Hawthorne, there’s just a ton. And there’s a ton of folks out there. And when we did this with the city, got this approved by the city, there was no dissent,” Mr. DeLine says.
He has ambitious plans for the area near the I-70 and Lake of the Woods interchange. Mr. DeLine tells 939 the Eagle that other national retailers will be part of the development. He’s been talking to them.
“What we envision is some kind of a of a strip center, maybe something that looks almost like an outside mall like what’s in (eastern Missouri’s) Chesterfield. You know something along those lines. Certainly a coffee shop, maybe a pizza place. Possibly a Macadoodles, some things like that,” says DeLine.
Macadoodles currently has one Columbia location, on East Green Meadows road. While they have not released a date on when they plan to open, Big Whiskey’s American Restaurant and Bar says it’s excited to be coming to Columbia and to the I-70 and Lake of the Woods interchange. The restaurant chain says it will bring “its signature blend of great food, excellent service, and a lively sports atmosphere to the heart of the community.”
DeLine hopes to eventually bring an event center to his Port 131 project near Columbia’s fast-growing I-70 and Lake of the Woods interchange. Mr. DeLine says Big Whiskey’s will be the anchor.
“And then some other things need to happen and then that momentum will be created out there, and then we plan to follow up with the event center,” DeLine says.
Big Whiskey’s currently operates nine restaurants and bars across Missouri: Jefferson City, three in Springfield, Branson, Nixa, Republic, Ozark and Poplar Bluff.
Big Whiskey’s to build at fast-growing I-70 and Lake of the Woods in Columbia
A growing restaurant chain plans to build its tenth Missouri location near Columbia’s fast-growing I-70 and Lake of the Woods interchange.
Big Whiskey’s American Restaurant and Bar’s news release says it has acquired land in partnership with DeLine Holdings near the interchange, adding that other national retailers will be locating there as well. They’re not releasing names of those national retailers, at this time.
Big Whiskey’s says its excited to come to Columbia, saying it will bring “its signature blend of great food, excellent service and a lively sports atmosphere to the heart of the community.” Big Whiskey’s currently operates nine restaurants and bars across Missouri: Jefferson City, three in Springfield, Branson, Nixa, Republic, Ozark and Poplar Bluff.
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