Promoting opportunities for young Missourians who seek employment in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) is of utmost importance in today’s…
Posts published in “Letters, Emails, and Op Eds”
By Sen. Bob Dixon JEFFERSON CITY — Late one evening, I stepped away from my Senate office into the darkened Capitol corridor. My heavy heart…
By Vinnie Clubb, Piedmont, Missouri As a child who grew up with one alcoholic parent, who was luckily “freed” from addiction, I watch changes to…
Medical marijuana is legal in 30 states plus the District of Columbia. (Recreational use is legal in nine of those jurisdictions). A Quinnipiac poll released…
A column by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill – It seems like every time I turn on the TV, there’s a new political food fight or scandal. But…
By Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak Republicans should be proud that for the first time in decades, major federal tax relief legislation has been signed into…
By Brad Gage, VP Commercial Sales What other industry relies so heavily upon the weather, other than meteorologists! Battling the uncertainties in their daily work…
By C. Richard Gulick, M.D., Richmond Heights, Mo. Before 1973, when the Supreme Court legalized abortion in the landmark case of Roe v. Wade, the procedure…
Currently, Missouri is one of only five states that sends all 17-year-olds accused of a crime to the adult criminal justice system. When 17-year-olds are…
By Arthur Rizer and Sara Baker Anyone who has watched TV knows the line: “You have a right to remain silent, anything you say can…