KFRU Business Spotlight -- May 9th & 10th. Gregg Busch, the 50th District State Rep and John Martin, the 44th District State Rep, join us for this week's Spotlight to talk about the latest news as this year's session nears its end.  We cover the new budget and its effect on Missourians, talk about income taxes versus sales taxes and educational funding.  All that information with the perspective from both sides of the aisle politcally.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- May 2nd & 3rd, 2026.  Nick Foster joins us this weekend after an announcement on Thursday, April 30th, that he intended to resign from the Columbia City Council effective June 12th.  Nick's wife, Candace Kuby, PhD, is a Deputy Provost at the University of Missouri and has taken a job as the Dean of the Education school at Georgia State University in Atlanta.  Nick and Candace and their daughter will be moving to Georgia in July.  Because there is more than a year remaining in this term on the council, the city council will  decide when a special election will take place. We also talk to Nick about the upcoming sales tax for public safety discussionSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- April 25th & 26th, 2026.  This week on the KFRU Business Spotlight, Director Chris Kelley joins us to talk about the Office of Emergency Management. There has been much activity at the center in the past few weeks with severe weather passing through Boone County, so Chris told us what happens at the OEM during those times designated through communication with the National Weather Service.  There have been recent updates to the siren system where an automated system sound only in the polygon area (that you see on TV or on your phone through an app) of a severe thunderstorm or tornado warning. There many other times that the Office of Emergency Management is used including activities of many people are in the same place, like on a Football Saturday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- April 18th & 19th, 2026.  Dr Mun Choi joins us this week to talk about the University of Missouri.  From research at the NextGen MURR and NextGen Precision Medicine, the university is making great strides to finding cures for many medical conditions.  For the first time ever, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center is hosting a trial that focuses on liver cancers.  Hear what Dr. Choi has to say about a full circle win for Columbia that includes all the research to the trial itself to the company funding this particular treatment building a facility here to package and ship the treatment around the world.  We also talk about an expansion of the University of Missouri Medical School to Springfield, the continuing conversation about public safety and the upgrades to the football stadium.  Oh, and we talk about GPS necklaces for cattle.  No need for fences!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- April 11th & 12th, 2026.  Randy Cole, CEO of the Columbia Housing Authority, joins us. Randy gives us some insight on what the CHA is and what it does for folks in Columbia.  The Columbia Housing Authority celebrates 70 years this year.  One brand new CHA development has just been completed in the past six months, while a complete "to the ground" remodel is going on for their Blind Boone and Park Avenue facilities.  Using some federal funds, some state funds, some local funds and investments from local businesses allows the CHA to serve many in Columbia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- April 4th & 5th, 2026.  The candidates for the 5th Ward City Council seat in the April 7th Municipal Election join us for a last weekend before the election day conversation.  Christina Hartman is the challenger in the race and talks about her reason to get involved through the council, along with the things she believes are most important for the council to work on in the coming years.  She believes she can get off to a quick start making changes.  Don Waterman is the incumbent in the race as his three year first term comes to an end.  Don tells us there is work still to do on many fronts and outlines what coming up for the city council.  Don says that the learning curve is long, so his time as a city councilman is an advantage to the city if he's re-elected.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 21st & 22nd, 2026.  Ken Rice joins us to talk Columbia.  Ken, who has had an unsuccessful run for both City Council and School Board seats, has taken on new service positions recently taking a spot on the Columbia Disabilities Commission.  We talk about how that commission works and the information they provide for the City Council and members of the community.  Ken also gives us his thoughts on the upcoming municipal election, including city council and school board elections.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 28th & 29th, 2026.  Eric Kopinski joins us to talk about the I-70 Improvement program.  Eric is the director of the program and brings us an overview of the project, along with the very latest traffic modifications underway right now that will affect drivers now through the late summer months.  Eric also gets into the changes within the program that allows for safer driving and more efficient traffic patterns around Columbia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 14th & 15th, 2026.  Sydney Olsen joins us to talk about communications and the City of Columbia.  Sydney has been pitching this proposal from City Manger De'Carlon Seewood to the council even as she plans to make a move to the Marketing Director position at Central Bank of Boone County. The change would make a change in supervisors of many of the communications employees.  The head of the department would move up to a Director position from a Manger position hoping to align services to better serve citizens of Columbia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFRU Business Spotlight -- March 7th & 8th, 2026. Dr. Jennifer Rukstad, the Executive Director of the MSHSAA joins us to talks about two bills, Senate Bill 863 and House Bill 2278, that were written to change the governing body that would oversee the association from a group chosen from members of the association to a group chosen by the legislature.  Ironically, the bills were filed as the MSHSAA celebrates its 100 year anniversary. Through discussions with the authors of the bills, some progress has been made to avoid a total takeover by a new governing body with a possibility of an additional review board See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.