By Daniel P. Mehan, President and CEO
Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Missouri, did you happen to watch the big speech on January 27?
It was Gov. Mike Parson’s annual State of the State address. If you are like most people I’ve spoken with in recent days, you might have missed it.
Editorials
It’s a team effort to stop government corruption
By Nicole Galloway, CPA, Missouri State Auditor
Two years ago, I launched a renewed effort to fight fraud and abuse in government by creating the Public Corruption and Fraud Division in my office. In every corner of the state, we've shown that exposing wrongdoing by public officials not only helps recover tax dollars for citizens, it puts others on notice that corruption will not be tolerated. As a CPA and certified fraud examiner, I remain committed to being your independent watchdog as we work to root out fraud and abuse.
Protest is how we talk to ourselves as a nation, but violence isn’t protest
By Gene Policinski
Assembling to protest is our right under the First Amendment—it’s how we talk to each other as a nation.
Sometimes politely. But often not. Occasionally at the top of our lungs. Frequently with brutally frank messages. And often in ways that spark counterprotests.
Just as the nation’s founders intended—and it is still a good thing that we do.
Public opinion and costs support putting an end to the death penalty
By David Dozier
A study in California revealed that the cost of capital punishment in the state has been over $4 billion since it was reinstated in 1978. Since California has executed 13 prisoners during that time, the cost per execution is more than $307 million. Other financial facts about the death penalty show capital cases in some states costing millions more than life imprisonment.
So, more people are asking: Is it worth it?
You can help KC’s Negro Leagues Baseball Museum honor its great American legacy
By Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt and U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver II
On a mild Chicago afternoon on Oct. 20, 1924, the Kansas City Monarchs baseball team took the field against the Hilldale Daisies in the final game of the first Negro World Series. Tied at four games apiece, both sides pitched shutouts for seven innings, until Kansas City exploded for five runs in the eighth. One newspaper called the game “one of the best ever played in Chicago by any two teams.” Prize money for the winners amounted to just under $308 per person.