Politics

This week we sit down with Columbia Daily Tribune statehouse reporter Rudy Keller to discuss the big issues facing the General Assembly as the end of the legislative session approaches.

Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that could help military veterans receive on-the-job training for private-sector jobs.

Members of a neighborhood association in north Columbia are expressing concern about how their neighborhood will be affected by a planned multiple-unit development on the corner of Walnut Street and College Avenue. At a meeting Monday the North Central Columbia Neighborhood Association requested the developers put $1 million in a form of a trust to give back to the community.

A new slogan may be included in marketing the state of Missouri. 

With three weeks left in the legislative session, Governor Jay Nixon is urging lawmakers to fund

Nine conservative Republican senators who held up debate on Missouri's budget plan had claimed it spent too much, relied too heavily on one-time revenue sources and needed a structural overhaul.

The State Senate is considering legislation aiming to prevent economic disasters like Mamtek’s failed factory project in Moberly.