Aldermen approve 3 percent raises for city employees
CITY HALL – A bill fattening the amount of raises for civil service employees of the city of St. Louis…
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MLS stadium tax breaks get first-round approval
CITY HALL – As some aldermen spoke of the wisdom of holding out for a better deal, the Board of…
Municipal Court offers amnesty Feb. 24-27
ST. LOUIS – The city is hosting an amnesty program for residents with outstanding bench warrants. Older minor offenses may…
Freeholders selection process edges forward
CITY HALL – It’s getting warmer outside, as is, perhaps, the effort to name nine city representatives to the city-county…
Blizzard of burgers, fries and ice cream is family tradition
ST. LOUIS HILLS – Some of Susan Leonard’s earliest job training came in all-night sleepovers at her parents’ Dairy Queen…
3 percent raises for civil service workers get initial approval
CITY HALL – Flush with cash, the city soon may double the amount of raises it gives to its civil…
Committee approves soccer stadium plan
CITY HALL – A package of $34.5 million worth of incentives for a $532 million Major League Soccer stadium now…
In homicides, there are two cities of St. Louis
LEWIS PLACE — If you lived in the Lewis Place neighborhood, you’d have a quick walk to the Ranken Technical…
T-shirt aims for solidarity and justice
BENTON PARK WEST – A hip T-shirt promoting solidarity among racial groups is the latest effort to keep detainees who…
Black vote is front-runner at museum
ST. LOUIS – Black History Month is every month at the Missouri History Museum. A display on civil rights is…
Redevelopment bills are introduced for soccer stadium
CITY HALL – A plan to provide incentives for a new Major League Soccer stadium in St. Louis is now…
Drugs are claiming even more lives than guns in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS – At an annual New Year’s Eve vigil, police Chief John Hayden revealed that while there were an…
Orchid show at Garden is tropical blast
ST. LOUIS – A burst of tropical color is punching through the winter doldrums, at the annual orchid show at the…
Racial divide surfaces in Board of Aldermen committee meeting
CITY HALL – Racial divisions at City Hall boiled to the surface last week at a Board of Aldermen committee…
Don’t give up on Loop Trolley, mayor says
CITY HALL – In spite of a recent negative action by a joint committee of the Bi-State Development Agency’s Board…
Aldermen oppose state action on residency
CITY HALL – The Board of Aldermen is now on record as opposing any effort on the state level to…