We have a credit card for our small greenhouse business. Every year, we hire drivers to deliver our flowers across our service territory, with some deliveries involving overnight travel. Our drivers use our credit card for fuel, for lodging and for tire repair and the like.
Elderly veteran’s property rights plight upsets neighbor
It’s summertime in the Ozarks.
Editor's note: In preparation for her upcoming studies at the University of Missouri, where she has secured a journalism scholarship, West Plains High School graduate Faith Schilmoeller has written a series of columns sharing her experience as a senior during the COVID-19 pandemic. This is t…
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Nursing homes have become ground zero in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, with outbreaks causing high rates of illness and death among vulnerable residents living together in close quarters.
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Over the years, Hollywood has given us numerous pandemic-themed television shows and films that typically conclude with the hero developing a treatment at the last moment that is rapidly adopted. As a result, humanity is saved in an instant.
A conservative case for Medicaid expansion
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Daily life has changed to an amazing degree in the last few weeks. As individuals and communities work to contain the spread of COVID-19, one major adjustment for most of us personally is that we now spend much more time at home. This form of physical distancing, or sheltering in place, limi…
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You already have seen how efforts to thwart the spread of the coronavirus have led to significant jobs loss. Early forecasts see it getting worse before it gets better. All areas of the country or the state will not, however, suffer the same employment losses.
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Surviving the coronavirus
Current estimates of the federal government’s aid package to offset the effects of the coronavirus epidemic exceed $1 trillion, significantly more than the $787 billion response to the recession and financial crisis in 2009. Let’s consider some key components to the package.
Editor’s note: Today wraps up Sunshine Week, the 20th annual nationwide celebration of access to public information, and what it means for the press and the community it serves. From local governments and school boards to state and federal governments, we at the Quill take seriously our job …
Save the rural mail carrier: Fix dilapidated mailboxes
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A historical caution against cults of personality
Workers in the Region VII U.S. Small Business Administration states of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa are receiving their statements from the Social Security Administration and other retirement investment accounts during these early months of the year. Additionally, they are assessing w…
Long drive ‘well worth it’ thank to community
The Show Me a Brighter Future Scholarship Program (Senate Bill 581), is a program designed to assist low-income Missouri students and those who qualify for Individual Education Programs (IEP) to have access to a quality education that fits their learning needs.
What an upturn in optimism and small business growth I have been honored to witness over the last two years as Administrator over SBA’s Region 7 states of Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa. I worked with small businesses for many years prior to my current position. I am now seeing firsthan…
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