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Staff View — Sheila Harris: Let’s burp on Amendment 5
We’re getting closer to the truth. The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals ruled Friday that the ballot language for Amendment 5 needed to be clarified for voters before it appears on the ballot in the Aug. 4 primary. Initial language did not disclose the fact that the amendment can create new taxes on previously untaxed goods and services.
Staff View — Sheila Harris: Swallowing a horse-pill
It’s that time again. The Parks, Soil and Water (PSW) Sales Tax will appear on the Aug. 4 ballot this year as Amendment 1. The amendment, which appears on the ballot every 10 years, gives voters the chance to renew the one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax that benefits Missouri State Parks and the Missouri Soil & Water Conservation Program.
Staff View — Sheila Harris: Hungry giants this way come
Some say the mushroom-like proliferation of data centers across the country can’t be stopped.
Staff View — Sheila Harris: Let’s cry foul — Our nest is in danger
My recent columns about the land-application of meat-processing sludge peeved our Barry County commissioners.
Sheila Harris: Heads up, sludge-followers!
As a precursor to issuing new permits for the land-application of sludge, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will hold a public informational meeting in Jefferson City at 1 p.m., May 19, regarding the proposed issuance of four new Master General Permits, including the use of one-year and five-year P-indexes for land-application.
Staff View — Sheila Harris: A word from a boogeyman
I’m reading that, based on an uptick in spiritual interest, our nation is experiencing a religious revival.
Sheila Harris: Take it or leave it
In spite of Russian trolls and slanted algorithms, some food for thought can be harvested from Facebook.
Sheila Harris: Can she bake a cherry pie?
Ozarks Alive Publisher Kaitlyn McConnell has me fired up about trying my hand at pie-making again.
Sheila Harris: Imagine unity
I recently remembered a phrase from a prayer that I heard in the church of my childhood: “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit, in the bond of peace.”
Sheila Harris: Where mercy collides with law
I first went to work for George’s Processing before the turn of the century.
