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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Jaco: The death of Better Together
On its face, Better Together was never an awful proposal. With 89 municipalities, 56 police departments, dozens of money-grubbing municipal…
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…
Treasurer wants $15 minimum wage for her office, battle with Aldermanic president may be brewing
CITY HALL — St. Louis City Treasurer Tishaura O. Jones says “it’s only right” to raise the wage of everybody…
Missouri budgeters move to end rule on immigrant tuition
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — In a debate being watched closely by St. Louis’ immigrant community, Missouri budgeters have moved…
Alderwoman seeks citywide vote on residency requirement
By Jim Merkel The SouthSider A South Side alderwoman says it’s time to end the requirement that city employees live…
Better Together decides it better wait on St. Louis merger
DOWNTOWN – Better Together, the group working to merge St. Louis city and county governments, has pulled its plan…
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.…
Aldermen keep gallery open to public
DOWNTOWN – Newly-approved rules would keep lobbyists, along with anyone else interested in pending legislation, off the floor of the…
Alderman seeks dress code for meetings
DOWNTOWN – John Collins-Muhammad says it’s time for every alderman and alderwoman in the City of St. Louis to look…
Bill would regulate medical marijuana facilities
DOWNTOWN – Less than six months after Missouri residents voted to allow state-licensed physicians to dispense medical marijuana, a St.…
2020 city budget has biggest reserve in 11 years
DOWNTOWN – A proposed new general fund budget for the fiscal year starting July 1 shows the city in better…
Close the Workhouse hosts “People’s Budget Hearing”
GRAND CENTER – The Close the Workhouse campaign convened last Thursday evening at the Deaconess Foundation for what they called…
Reset Africa Reset America
DOWNTOWN – In the coming weeks, City Aldermanic President Lewis Reed will be in talks with the Ugandan Parliament to…
Krewson says city is on the move, despite census data
DOWNTOWN – Mayor Lyda Krewson celebrated the halfway point of her four-year term in office by bragging about all the…