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Columbia city manager De’Carlon Seewood (2023 file photo courtesy of city of Columbia website) Columbia’s approximately 1,500 city employees will receive pay raises under the $533-million budget approved unanimously last night by the city council. The budget approved by the council includes $10-million in pay raises for city employees. The pay raises and compensation have been a top priority for …

Missouri Governor Mike Parson poses with two rural Missourians at the 2023 state fair in Sedalia, as U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt (R) looks on (August 17, 2023 photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Missouri’s governor says about 350,000 people attended the August state fair in Sedalia, which is about a two-and-a-half percent increase from 2022. Governor Mike Parson praises …

Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee chair Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield) says the “votes weren’t there” in the Senate last week to override any of the 14 budget bills overridden by the GOP-controlled Missouri House. That included restoration of $1.4 million for Columbia-based Missouri Task Force One and $2-million for Missouri National Guard reenlistment incentives. The Senate did not take up any of …

A GoCOMO bus operates in Columbia on September 7, 2023 (photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Columbia’s city council has voted to suspend transportation fares for GoCOMO bus riders for the fourth straight year. GoCOMO has been operating fare-free since the March 2020 COVID emergency declaration. Columbia Public Works officials say current transportation sales tax (TST) funding …

Tiger Talk airs Tuesday evenings from 7-8 at Bud’s Classic BBQ in downtown Columbia (graphic courtesy of Mizzou Athletics) Bud’s Classic BBQ in downtown Columbia is expected to be packed for tonight’s “Tiger Talk” program, after Saturday’s thrilling 30-27 upset win over 15th ranked Kansas State. Mizzou football coach Eli Drinkwitz, offensive line coach Brandon Jones and offensive guard Xavier …