Charles Jaco
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Opinion
To save St. Louis, Mayor Jones needs to do the math
St. Louis’ first Black woman mayor is a finance geek and public policy wonk. To save St. Louis when she…
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Opinion
Bad verdict. Bad cops. Bad police force
No group in America has done a better job of defunding the police than the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.…
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Opinion
St. Louis’ next mayor: the worst job in Missouri
Why bother? No, seriously. Pound for pound, St. Louis is America’s most murderous city. Its percentage loss of population and…
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Opinion
St. Louis’ vaccine hunger games, sponsored by Qpublican extremists
Gov. Mike Parson and his politicized “health” department crowing about Missouri’s “balanced” approach to COVID is like an arsonist hired…
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Opinion
Another dead child, another spasm of thoughts and prayers
The 9-mm bullet, made of lead encased in a alloy of copper and zinc and weighing about half an ounce…
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Coronavirus
Vaccine-help group faces charges of politics, censorship
A Facebook group hailed by local media for helping St. Louisans find vaccination sites for scarce COVID-19 vaccines is facing…
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Opinion
St. Louis changes course; most eligible voters don’t care
Whether St. Louis’s profound shift toward progressives in the March 2 primary can solve the city’s metastasizing problems is debatable.…
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Business
New mayor will inherit an old city death spiral
At the current rate of population loss and decay, St. Louis will cease to exist except as a collection of…
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Coronavirus
COVID confusion due to crackpot ideology
I got my COVID-19 vaccine by accident. As a certified geezer (70, cardiac pacemaker, blah blah blah) I wanted to…
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Crime
Neighbors, friends and co-workers turn on St. Louis seditionists
From an antiques store owner on Cherokee Street and a realtor from Holly Hills to a tech recruiter from Lake…
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Crime
Mini-Trumps take aim (literally) at protesters, your right to vote
What a second Trump term would have looked like is playing out in miniature in Jefferson City. Bills to legalize…
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Crime
Murdered children and the selfishness of St. Louis
Say their names. Dmyah Fleming was 7. She liked to help her grandmother make cookies, especially with pink frosting. Kevin…
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Crime
Seditious St. Louis shows up for coup attempt
The St. Louis area was well-represented in the murderous mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a coup attempt, and…
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Opinion
Law and disorder, Schmitt style
Now that everyone knows that the English translation of “ISIS” is “MAGA,” and that the GOP has successfully transformed itself…
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Opinion
St. Louis’ failure means red Missouri
I hesitate to call Sen. Josh Hawley a fascist only because I don’t think he believes in anything, including fascism,…
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The Jaco Report
The Jaco Report: To rebuild ridership and revenue, Metro chief Taulby Roach tackles crime
ST. LOUIS – As of Monday, Sept. 30, every bus route in the city and St. Louis County changed. On…
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News
Jaco Report: Wesley Bell keeps even keel in stormy seas
Back when Bob McCulloch was St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, every interview with him felt like an encounter with Captain…
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Featured
Jaco Report Exclusive: Chief Hayden on child murders and a crackdown on drug dealers
ST. LOUIS – The tactics to be used by police after the much-publicized City Hall “crime summit” with the governor…
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Opinion
Jaco: State Republicans the problem, not solution, to gun violence
Asking Missouri Republicans for help, understanding and legislation to help solve the gun crisis in St. Louis is like asking…
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Opinion
Jaco Report: Nasheed is optimistic that rural GOP lawmakers will study gun violence
ST. LOUIS – State Sen. Jamilah Nasheed, D-St. Louis, is optimistic that rural Missouri Republican legislators will agree next week…
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News
Jaco Report: Innovative free program helps violence victims but is largely unknown
CENTRAL WEST END – For the past year, an innovative program designed to provide young victims of violence and their…
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Opinion
The Jaco Report, Ep. 32: Krewson denies systemic police racism, downplays public distrust
Eleven children have been murdered in the St. Louis area since mid-June, and as communities and families demand action, St.…
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More Than Ferguson
The Jaco Report, Ep. 32: The Ferguson Commission five years later
ST. LOUIS – Five years after “Ferguson” became both world-wide shorthand for often-deadly brutality against black people by white police…
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Opinion
Jaco: How Ferguson led to Trump
The slaughter of 20 people in El Paso, Texas, by a white nationalist inspired by President Donald Trump is just…
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More Than Ferguson
The Jaco Report, Ep. 31: New book explores the role of racism in creating a fragmented St. Louis County
Being a citizen of the United States gives us certain rights: freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion.…
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Benign Neglect
Jaco: Tearing down the city and the country
ST. LOUIS – The old, admittedly sexist joke goes, “The definition of mixed feelings is watching your mother-in-law drive off…
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Opinion
The Jaco Report, Ep. 30: No immigrants? No refugees? No economic growth
St. Louis’ sluggish, often stagnant economy has been made worse by President Donald Trump’s administration’s policy of choking off refugee…
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Featured
St. Louis activist charged with mysterious ‘felony’ for protest at border
ST. LOUIS – It seems the U.S. Border Patrol and the El Paso, Texas, police, along the El Paso border…
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Opinion
Jaco: ‘President Hawley’ could bring about America’s end times
ST. LOUIS – The white nationalist and neo-fascist brain trust (yes, there is such a thing) supporting President Donald Trump…
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Opinion
The Jaco Report, Ep. 29: Dismantling ‘Obamacare’ and the silence of the scams in Missouri health care
The bloviating GOP majority that has a stranglehold on Missouri politics is uncharacteristically silent about their attempts to mangle health…
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