Columbia’s outgoing mayor says he can’t think of a larger generational investment than the $240-million new I-70 Rocheport bridge project. A groundbreaking ceremony for the massive project took place in October. “None of us can remember when that bridge was built in the 1950s. It’s well beyond its useful life,” Mayor Brian Treece says. The …
Blunt says Missouri House’s daily debates closely resemble Congress
Missouri’s senior senator on Capitol Hill says the Show-Me State is where the nation comes together. Retiring U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R) recently addressed the Missouri House in Jefferson City. “St. Louis in many ways is the western-most eastern city. Kansas City, the eastern-most western city,” Blunt says. He says the debates that take place daily …
Mid-Missouri educators to join Governor Parson at Friday’s roundtable in Columbia
Columbia civic leaders and officials from Mizzou and several other higher education institutions will join Missouri’s governor at a roundtable Friday morning at Mizzou’s NextGen facility. UM System President Dr. Mun Choi and leaders from Lincoln University and Moberly Area Community College will join Governor Parson at the roundtable, which begins at 9:15 at Mizzou’s …
(AUDIO): Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Mark McCloskey appears on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Columbia”
St. Louis attorney Mark McCloskley, who’s seeking Missouri’s GOP U.S. Senate nomination this year, was the guest speaker at Friday’s Columbia Pachyderm meeting. McCloskey also appeared live in-studio that morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Columbia.” He says he’s not a politician, noting primary opponents U.S. Reps. Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) and Billy Long (R-Springfield) …
(AUDIO): State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) appears on “Wake Up Columbia”
State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) represents Columbia in the Missouri House. He joined 939 the Eagle’s Brian Hauswirth and Stephanie Bell live on “Wake Up Columbia” at the governor’s prayer breakfast at Jefferson City’s Capitol Plaza Hotel. Representative Smith is focused on voting rights during Missouri’s 2022 session. Mizzou is located in his district, …