GUEST COLUMN: Downturn offers chance to encourage economic innovation

Sunday, December 28, 2008 | 10:00 a.m. CST; updated 11:19 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, May 4, 2010

JEFFERSON CITY — The top news stories each week are not mistaken — like every other state, Missouri is feeling the national economic downturn. While our economic diversity makes Missouri more resilient than many states in the nation, reports of plant closings and layoffs are still hitting close to home.

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