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…
Jaco: The buzz about Lacy Clay’s possible ties to the Stenger Indictment
Someone named Clay has represented the City of St. Louis in the U.S. House of Representatives for 51 years. Rep.…
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…
Jaco: The arithmetic of political change
Missouri’s legislature is run by conservative extremists and rural racists because St. Louis has become too small to stop them.…
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…
Superintendent ‘hopeful’ as elected board poised to regain control
After almost a dozen years of state control that have seen increased stability, rising attendance rates, climbing test scores, and…
The Jaco Report, Ep. 14: The state of abortion in Missouri
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…
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…
Jaco: Merger backers had better be stocking up on Bondo and duct tape
I owned a 1963 VW bug in college. It was serviceable mechanically, but the body was held together with Bondo…
FBI asked to look into hate group’s flyers posted on south side
TOWER GROVE—Flyers from a white supremacist organization that appeared across the 15th Ward in mid-March have been forwarded by city’s…
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…
Jaco: STL County GOP embraces convicted Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Ex Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who avoided jail because of a pardon from President Donald Trump, seemed at home among…
Jaco: Extremist agendas in Jeff City affect St. Louis
Missouri has one abortion clinic left, in St. Louis, but probably not for long. It’s illegal to carry a gun…
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…