The KFRU Business Spotlight
Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor. Columbia City Council.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- September 5th & 6th, 2026. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us for a preview of the first September council meeting to be held Tuesday night (9/8) because of the Labor Day holiday. This meeting will include the final public hearing on the city's budget for 2026-2027 that wi…
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Brian Schaeffer, Fire Chief, Columbia Fire Department. Brian Toohey, Chief Executive Officer, Mid-Missouri Board of Realtors.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- August 29th & 30th, 2026. Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer joins us to talk about the voters passing the Public Safety Sales Tax earlier this month. We talk about the plan that was developed previous to the passage of the tax and discuss the timetable for beginning of collect…
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Jacque Sample. Columbia City Council, 3rd Ward. Jami Clevenger. Executive Officer, Columbia HBA
Our first guest this week is Jacque Sample, City Councilwoman from Ward 3. We talk about the passage of the Public Safety Tax and what the council will be digging in to moving forward. We also discussed another "marathon" council meeting and talked about the ever growing list of items that need …
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Eric Kopinski, Director MODOT Improve I-70 Project. Shawna Johnson, Engagement Coordinator, City Manger's Office, City of Columbia.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- August 15th and 16th, 2026. Eric Kopinski, the Director of the I-70 Improvement Project for MODOT joins us to get caught up on the latest as the I-70 project continues. The big news this week is that the Lake of the Woods bridge over the interstate at St. Charles Road i…
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Columbia City Council 4th Ward Candidates. Special Election, August 4t. Ryan King. Sharon Jones. David Sorrell.
KFRU Business Spotlight-- July 18th & July 19th, 2026. The August 4th Primary election ballot includes a special City Council election for the 4th Ward, following the resignation of councilman Nick Foster. Ryan King, Sharon Jones and David Sorrell joined me to talk about their reasons for running,…
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Lily Boyd White, VP for External Affairs, Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Eric Kopinsky, Director, MODOT I-70 Improvement Project.
KFRU Business Spotlight 0 July 11th and 12th, 2026. This week we talk about the Columbia Chamber of Commerce with VP of External Affairs, Lily Boyd White. Lily bring sus up to date on the new President/CEO of the Chamber Abdul-Kaba Abdullah. The new leader is in a transition period finishing up …
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Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude. Columbia Fire Chief Brain Schaeffer. Columbia Public Safety Sales Tax Conversation.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- June 27th & 28th, 2026. Columbia Police Chief Jill Schlude and Columbia Fire Chief Brain Schaffer join me this week to discuss the upcoming vote on a 1 cent sales tax increase for citizens of Columbia, that will appear on the August 4th ballot. The approximately 38 mill…
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Barbara Buffaloe, Mayor. Columbia City Council. Public Safety Tax.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- June 13th & 14th, 2026. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joins us to talk about the Public Safety One Cent tax that will be on the ballot for the August Election. We go back to the beginnings of the conversations about the need for additional funds to support both the Columbia Fir…
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Jacque Sample, Councilwoman, 3rd Ward. Columbia City Council.
KFRU Business Spotlight -- June 6th & 7th, 2026. Jacque Sample, 3rd Ward City Councilwoman, joins us to talk about her first year (and a bit) on the Columbia City Council, telling us about how the council works together as a team. We asked about her favorite parts of the job and the negative poin…
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Eric Kopinski, MODOT, Director of Improve I-70 Program
KFRU Business Spotlight -- May 23rd & 24th, 2026. Eric Kopinski, the director of the Improve I-70 Project, joins us to talk about the ongoing activity as the widening of I-70 to three lanes both ways continues. Eric talks about some parts of the overall project that have been completed, some just …
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