Show-Me Now: Time To Untangle Unnecessary Regulations

Economy |
By Mike Ferguson | Read Time 1 min

Burdensome licensing requirements are making it very difficult for Missouri business owners. That’s why some entrepreneurs are challenging the state’s licensing requirements on African-style hair braiding.

Learn more about the case:

Hair Braiders Challenge Regulatory Requirements

About the Author

Mike Ferguson brings twenty years of communications experience to Show-Me Opportunity.He has been a radio talk show host in both Kansas City and Columbia and was also a news anchor for the Zimmer Radio Group in mid-Missouri and for several Cumulus stations in Kansas City.Mike has covered local education and municipal government for the Jackson County Advocate, was a political columnist for the Kansas City Metro Voice, and was the news director for Missouri News Horizon, a statewide news service.From 2005 to 2010, he held several local offices in Grandview, Missouri, including on the citys Planning & Zoning Commission, the Transportation Committee, and the Board of Aldermen.In 2002 Mike was appointed to the Missouri State Plan Committee, which made recommendations to then-Secretary of State Matt Blunt on ways to implement the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002. In 2008, Mike was the national field director for former Congressman Bob Barrs presidential campaign.Mike has a Bachelors degree in Communications from Charter Oak State College. He lives in Richmond Heights.

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