For over four decades, I have had the privilege of advocating for Missouri’s retailers – most of them family-owned stores, forming the backbone of our communities.
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Anyone who farms in Missouri knows that timing is everything. Whether it’s planting before the weather turns, getting grain to market at the right moment or making sure fertilizer arrives when it's needed, agriculture runs on tight schedules.
Here in the Midwest, we know what it means to build.
As discussed in Part 1, fundraising is difficult and can feel downright awkward.
Monday night in Montgomery City had all the makings of a classic Missouri town hall. Folks packed the room with a seriousness you could feel…
For more than a decade, I’ve helped everyone from local shops to large employers navigate one of the most frustrating markets in the country: healthcare.
In politics, there is far too often far too much focus on what’s happening in Washington, D.C. and whatever Beltway politicians and the national media deem to be the “news of the day.”
The holidays are one of the most overlooked opportunities in campaigning.
For carpenters in Missouri, every dollar counts. Between taxes, insurance and the rising cost of materials, it seems like money doesn’t go as far as…
Anytime I see my fellow Republicans supporting legislation that does not align with boilerplate conservative values, like free-market capitalism, I always do two things


