Jones tops Spencer in historic contest for mayor; ‘I believe in St. Louis’
CITY HALL – City Treasurer Tishaura Jones won the mayor’s office on Tuesday in the first all-women race for the…
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Homicide rate among challenges awaiting next mayor
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Whichever candidate voters pick in Tuesday’s mayoral election will face daunting tasks, including a declining population…
Both mayoral candidates pledge to end violence at Justice Center
ST. LOUIS – On the day before the city’s general election, both candidates for mayor condemned the rioting at the…
Volunteers – including her dad – fuel Cara Spencer’s campaign
BENTON PARK WEST – One of Cara Spencer’s most faithful volunteers in her race for mayor may be Bob Spencer…
In their own words: Mayoral candidates debate
ST. LOUIS – The two candidates for mayor covered a wide range of topics in a debate broadcast on Fox…
Jaco: St. Louis’ next mayor: the worst job in Missouri
Why bother? No, seriously. Pound for pound, St. Louis is America’s most murderous city. Its percentage loss of population and…
Tishaura Jones’ No. 1 election rank isn’t surprising, UMSL professor says
CITY HALL – Tishaura Jones’ first-place finish in Tuesday’s primary election for mayor was no surprise to UMSL political science…
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.…
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.…
For Cara Spencer, the road to mayor’s race started at a pool
MARINE VILLA – You could say Cara Spencer’s run for mayor began when her neighborhood pool closed. Spencer, a single…
Reed says his experience would help him as mayor
CITY HALL – Lewis Reed sees his 14 years of experience as president of the Board of Aldermen as a…
[Updated] Jones attempts to join Reed, Spencer in race for mayor
UPDATE on December 3, 2020: Jones turned in petitions for mayor on Monday but didn’t have enough signatures to become…
City needs more COVID-19 contact tracers, committee members say
CITY HALL – St. Louis may have far too few workers to track where those who have tested positive tor…
Spencer, Hutton square off in 20th Ward
DUTCHTOWN – A staff member for a neighborhood nonprofit organization seeks to oust the incumbent alderwoman in the race for…