The attendees protested against pending transit cuts and demanded emergency wage increases.
Scott Swafford
Senior city editor
About
I've been a reporter and editor at Missouri community newspapers for 35 years and joined the Columbia Missourian in 2003. My emphasis at the Missourian is on local government and elections. You can reach me at swaffords@missouri.edu or at 573-884-5366.-
swaffords@missouri.edu
- Office phone
-
573-884-5366
The street's community improvement district has a plan, but it will cost millions to address the needs of the gateway.
The project includes repairing broken sidewalk panels and constructing a new pedestrian crosswalk.
Available data indicates a race gap among those receiving pardons, reprieves and commutations of sentences.
Decades after land reclamation standards were introduced, agencies are still addressing issues caused by unregulated mining.
It's been four years since the legislature approved the Boots-to-Business program, but it has yet to launch.
Although Missouri is developing a prescription drug monitoring program, officials say fentanyl has become the primary culprit.
Gov. Mike Parson expects clarifications from health officials soon.
Several organizations that work with the homeless say the bill, which takes effect Aug. 28, is a bad idea.
SwaffordS commented on City Council approves land sale to Aurora Organic Dairy
Mr. Hirt,
The agreement approved by the City Council does set benchmarks for annual employment at the Aurora Organic Dairy over the next five years, as follows: Year 1, 80 jobs; Year 2, 100 jobs; Year 3, 110 jobs; Year 4, 120 jobs; Year 5, 130 jobs. The agreement states that $500,000 of …
SwaffordS commented on GEORGE KENNEDY: Early signals from our new governor are hopeful, but puzzling
Mr. Smith,
George's column was inadvertently added to our guest commentary section rather than the section for local columnists. I've made that fix. Thanks for calling it to our attention, and thanks for reading.
Scott Swafford, city editor
SwaffordS commented on Matthes outlines progress, challenges in annual State of the City speech
Mr. Hirt,
I'm a city editor here at the Missourian. The numbers you cite above are correct. There was, indeed, an uptick in the number of violent crimes in 2015 over 2014, but the rates of violent crime per capita in Columbia have remained relatively flat over the past decade. This Feb. …
SwaffordS commented on GUEST COMMENTARY: Fear or hope? A fundamental choice after Orlando
Mr. Hirt. This is Scott Swafford, one of the city editors here at the Missourian. Here's a link to the article we published on the vigil for the Orlando victims.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/columbia-remembers-victims-of-orlando-shooting-at-candlelight-vigil/article_e9065…