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…
Politics
Incumbent aldermen come out on top in city primary election
CITY HALL – In the first round of the city’s elections for aldermen, the clear winners were incumbents. Only one…
Jaco: 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.…
In blow for reform prosecutors, no new trial in 1995 murder case
Nearly two years ago, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner filed a motion for a new trial for Lamar Johnson,…
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.…
Aldermen could overturn mayor’s veto of firefighters retirement bill
CITY HALL – Mayor Lyda Krewson’s word may not be the final word. There should be enough votes on the…
Spending bill for Medicaid expansion raises questions of intent
The $1.6 billion cost of expanding Medicaid to approximately 275,000 uninsured Missourians has been segregated from other spending in the…
School choice bills face both success and gridlock
It was a mixed week for education reform in the Missouri legislature, with historic success in one chamber and gridlock…
After vaccination outrage, Parson vows more urban events
Last week, multiple mass vaccination events in rural areas neared the end of the day with hundreds of doses still…
Bill would let Missourians keep unemployment overpayments
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missourians wouldn’t have to repay millions of dollars in federal unemployment benefit overpayments under legislation advanced…
Schools to get $123 million as Parson releases budget withholdings
Missouri public schools will receive $123 million withheld from the state education budget, as Gov. Mike Parson announced Monday that…
J&J vaccinations to start Wednesday in Missouri
(AP) — Missouri vaccinators are expected to receive the first 50,000 doses of the newly approved Johnson & Johnson COVID-19…
Krewson moves city toward all-electric vehicle fleet
ST. LOUIS – Mayor Lyda Krewson took major steps toward shifting to an all-electric city fleet when she showed…
Gardner seeks to take back McCloskey case
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to restore her authority…
Jones makes her case to lead public safety efforts
ST. LOUIS – Solving the city’s crime problems means getting help from everybody, city Treasurer Tishaura Jones said. “We have…
Missouri House advances private school funding bill
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Poor Missouri families could get money to pay for their children to go to private schools…