The Jaco Report
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Committee action settles new city budget
CITY HALL – A committee Thursday effectively settled sharp differences over how to cover a $5.7 million shortfall in the…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Jaco Report, Ep. 28: Exclusive interview with Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner says the special prosecutor’s grand jury that disbanded without bringing any charges against her…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 27: In push to impeach, Clay takes on Trump and Pelosi
While Rep. Lacy Clay, D-Mo., wants President Donald Trump impeached, Clay’s putative boss, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., does not.…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 26: Growing hate and trauma are new realities for area immigrants under Trump
Martha Pinones is a therapist who works with immigrant and refugee children who came to the U.S. without their families…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 25: The fight to close the Workhouse
Inez Bordeaux spent a month as a prisoner in the St. Louis Workhouse. “I’ve seen women pick roaches out of…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 24: Missouri abortion laws, old and new, are about shame, not health
When mother of two Jennifer Box discovered she was pregnant in 2017, she was ecstatic. That feeling turned to horror…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 23: Psych tests, licenses and firings — Cures for racism among police?
Upset with what they see as a flaccid City Hall response to a barrage of racist and violent Facebook posts…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 22: Planned Parenthood and the ACLU on Missouri’s new anti-abortion law
Missouri abortion-rights advocates will push back against the state’s new anti-abortion law, as well as regulatory attempts to close Missouri’s…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 21: The newest Bosley raises voice on abortion
Missouri is the fifth worst state in the nation for children who are victims of violence. It’s the 16th worst…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 20: St. Louis Police Lt. Col. Ronnie Robinson, the holistic cop
Ronnie Robinson grew up along The Horseshoe, a U-shaped dead-end street on the edge of Wells-Goodfellow that descended into crime,…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 19: Failure of Better Together opens door for more cooperation
The collapse of the Better Together plan for unifying St. Louis City and County may have actually opened the door…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 18: Comptroller Darlene Green on her feud with Krewson, Reed over airport privatization
St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green is charging that Mayor Lyda Krewson and Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed are so…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 17: Charlie Dooley offers his first reaction to Stenger fiasco
Steve Stenger’s resignation, indictment, and guilty plea to three federal corruption charges that carry a maximum of 60 years in…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 16: Fighting to save child gunshot victims in St. Louis
There are only two places on earth where children are regularly wounded or killed by gunfire: war zones, and the…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 15: SLPS Superintendent Kelvin Adams credits “stability” for district’s academic and financial improvements
When Dr. Kelvin Adams was hired by the appointed Special Administrative Board in 2008, the St. Louis Public Schools had…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 13: Airport privatization study is flawed, transportation infrastructure expert says
One of the nation’s leading experts in transportation infrastructure says the current St. Louis study on potentially privatizing Lambert International…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 12: UMSL Professor Terry Jones says Better Together’s plan is undemocratic
Terry Jones literally wrote the book on civic division in St. Louis, and says the Better Together plan to unify…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 11: Leader of Ethical Society of Police says ‘definitely racism’ in force
A 19-year veteran of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Force, homicide detective Sgt. Heather Taylor says she feels like she…
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The Jaco Report, Ep. 10: Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards says he turned over officers for prosecution
Eleven St. Louis city police officers have been charged with crimes in the last seven months. Charges have included: federal…
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