Director of embattled city agency steps down
DOWNTOWN WEST – Caught up in a controversy over mismanagement of public funds, Dr. Alice Prince has resigned as director…
Politics
Short film sparks conversations about race and ‘Other People’
FOREST PARK – After the 2016 presidential election, Aisha Sultan felt a turmoil of emotions that she didn’t know how…
South Side’s only new alderman celebrates his swearing-in day
DOWNTOWN – From now on, meeting days for new 24th Ward alderman Bret Narayan will be work, work, work. But…
New rules limit access to Board of Aldermen, floor, gallery
DOWNTOWN – Supporters of new rules for the Board of Aldermen say limiting access to the board’s floor and gallery…
St. Louis is not ‘FULL!,’ two UMSL professors say to president
SKINKER-DEBALIVIERE – The president says the country’s “FULL!” and tells immigrants to go away. But two political science professors at…
Clark-Hubbard, Todd “take up the baton”
It was an emotional day Tuesday at City Hall as newly-elected aldermen were sworn in. Two north side newcomers, both…
Aldermen pass new rules limiting lobbyists—and public—access
Supporters of new rules at the Board of Aldermen say limiting access to the board’s floor and gallery will keep…
Officials dispute validy of committee on ward reduction
A complicated and confusing spat over a resolution is calling into question the validity of an effort to develop recommendations…
Aldermen bid farewell to Kennedy, Ogilvie
CITY HALL — With a multitude of accolades, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen said goodbye this week to two…
No surprises in Tuesday’s election
DOWNTOWN—As expected, incumbent Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and all 14 Democratic candidates for aldermen easily won in Tuesday’s…
Setback won’t stop entertainer/politician C-Sharp
Hip-hop artist Cedric Redmon thought getting out and explaining his message might give him a chance of being elected alderman…
Election Results: Reed wins, 2 new school board members elected
The results are in. As expected, President of the Board of Aldermen Lewis Reed has now officially won a fourth…
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…
Lewis Reed prepares for fourth term
DOWNTOWN—Lewis Reed is at the point when some would think wielding a gavel at a meeting of the Board of…
Group pushes for change for new voting system
In 2017, Lyda Krewson won the Democratic nomination for mayor — and with it, the office of mayor — with…
Campaign volunteers braved chilly election night
With temperatures that ranged from 11 degrees just before 7 a.m. to 25 degrees right after 4 p.m., only the…