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Opinion
Jaco: St. Louis is drowning while the lifeguards argue
You’re drowning. As you thrash in the water, you see a huge life preserver on the bank attached to a…
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News
Lawyer’s opinion backs Board of Aldermen’s COVID relief bill
CITY HALL – Debate continued Friday over a $168 million COVID-19 funding package, with a lawyer specializing in local government…
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Coronavirus
Opposition arises to county, city mask mandates
CITY HALL – St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones and County Executive Dr. Sam Page said Monday that they were reinstating…
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Politics
$168 million for COVID-19 relief stalls over wording
CITY HALL – Two key city officials failed to reach agreement Friday on changes that would have allowed distribution of…
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News
In marathon meeting, aldermen give preliminary OK for American Rescue Plan spending
CITY HALL – After a 10-hour slog, the Board of Aldermen gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a $168 million federally…
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Politics
Direct payments, homeless encampments spark controversy
CITY HALL – The issues of $5 million in direct payments to individuals and of encampments for the homeless brought…
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News
Official bills go missing in mayor’s office
CITY HALL – Two bills recently passed by the Board of Aldermen were delayed from going into effect after official…
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Politics
Jones, Reed again bicker at board meeting
CITY HALL – Once again, Mayor Tishaura Jones and Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed spent much of a meeting…
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Politics
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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Politics
Mayor’s office kept out of committee meeting on COVID relief
CITY HALL – An aldermanic committee held on Tuesday the first of several meetings to discuss how to spend $80…
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News
Justice Center capacity now at about 95 percent capacity, Isom says
CITY HALL – Now that St. Louis’ Medium Security Institution is officially empty, the City Justice Center is at about 95…
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Politics
Sparks fly over budget shortfall as city estimate board meets
CITY HALL – The three members of the city’s top budgeting board spent more than an hour Wednesday in a…
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Politics
Reed demands list of cuts to balance short budget
CITY HALL – Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is demanding that Mayor Tishaura Jones come up with ways to…
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Politics
Aldermen may soon resume in-person meetings
CITY HALL – Meetings of the Board of Aldermen may soon move back from 29 home offices connected by Zoom…
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Politics
Proposition D turned mayoral primary over, Reed says
CITY HALL – A new system of choosing candidates for office in the city turned the March 2 primary race…
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Featured
Tishaura Jones, Cara Spencer head for mayoral runoff
CITY HALL – A four-way mayoral race is now down to two candidates. Following the first nonpartisan election in St.…
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Crime
‘It’s up to Black men to teach Black boys,’ panel says
ST. LOUIS – If members of an online panel who spoke up Thursday night are right, the best way to…
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Featured
Reed says his experience would help him as mayor
CITY HALL – Lewis Reed sees his 14 years of experience as president of the Board of Aldermen as a…
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Coronavirus
Committee wants vaccinations for elderly, at-risk and unreached
CITY HALL – After a three-day vaccination clinic, members of a Board of Aldermen committee want the city Health Department…
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Featured
[Updated] Jones attempts to join Reed, Spencer in race for mayor
UPDATE on December 3, 2020: Jones turned in petitions for mayor on Monday but didn’t have enough signatures to become…
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Featured
Approval of Prop D to bring major changes in city elections
CITY HALL – The races for mayor and aldermen in the spring 2021 election promise to be different from any…
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Crime
SLMPD officers will be wearing body cameras soon
ST. LOUIS (AP) — City police officers will soon be wearing body cameras. The police department expects to begin using…
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Featured
Reed introduces bill to close workhouse
CITY HALL – Two bills introduced in the Board of Aldermen by Aldermanic President Lewis Reed call for closing the…
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Featured
Demands for mayor’s resignation draw worldwide attention
ST. LOUIS – Mayor Lyda Krewson has succeeded in bringing nationwide and worldwide attention to St. Louis, but not the…
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Crime
‘No-knock’ warrants bill sparks clashing opinions
CITY HALL – A proposal to ban “no knock” warrants for drug cases brought sharply different opinions at a Board…
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Featured
Juneteenth likely to be city holiday starting next year
CITY HALL – Riding on the current momentum toward racial equity, the Board of Aldermen and Mayor Lyda Krewson have…
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Crime
Bill would toughen city policy on police use of force
CITY HALL – Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed wants to make sure that city police can’t use the kind…
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Coronavirus
Board of Aldermen will meet remotely, under public’s eye
CITY HALL – The Board of Aldermen has settled on a way to hold its meetings remotely during the coronavirus…
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Coronavirus
Reed seeks more federal money to fight coronavirus
CITY HALL – St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed wants Congress to provide more money for local governments’…
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News
Reset Africa Reset America
DOWNTOWN – In the coming weeks, City Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will be in talks with the Ugandan Parliament to…
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