By Eric Bohl
This year’s legislative session was historic for Missouri agriculture. The General Assembly passed many bills supporting farming and addressing concerns in rural communities.
Editorials
Some policy reforms are needed for better prosperity
By Ric W. Hafer
Missouri’s slow economic growth over the past twenty years is no secret. What may surprise you is that the length of this dismal track record actually is much longer.
The passage of a state legislative era
By Phill Brooks
Missouri has lost one of the most successful and charismatic House speakers I've covered in nearly one half century. Kenneth Rothman, who died late April, served as speaker from 1977 to 1980.
His departure as House speaker marked the passing of a Missouri legislative era.
Take a plastic pledge for Migratory Bird Day in the Americas
By Becky Ewing
I recently traveled to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri, to visit with Dr. Cary Chevalier’s Renewable Resources Policy and Administration class. The students were exploring environmental laws and policies that address contemporary natural resource management issues at the state and national levels.
A fire is more than just a flame
By Phill Brooks
The tragic fire at Notre Dame has reminded me of conversations with a couple of my colleagues over the years about the difference in covering a fire versus covering a flame. Our discussions provide an interesting perspective to coverage of the "Ride the Ducks" tragedy.
Taxpayers shouldn’t fund political parties’ elections
A bill currently floating around the Missouri Legislature seeks to change the way our state votes in primary elections. Rather than allowing citizens to choose what party ballot to use at the election, it would require that we all register our party preference in advance. What it doesn’t include, however, is a requirement that political parties pay for the cost of such an election, and it should.