St. Louis alderman alleges stadium debate took a corrupt turn
A St. Louis alderman is contending that debate over a proposed riverfront stadium plan took a corrupt turn when a “loved one” was offered a political favor in exchange for her dialing down her...
View Article'Comprehensive crime plan' targets 15 St. Louis neighborhoods
Shortly before the St. Louis Board of Aldermen started to debate the city’s portion of a financial package for a new National Football League stadium, Alderman Antonio French, D-21st Ward and Mayor...
View ArticleOn the Trail: With Slay stepping aside, who's next?
It was just a couple of weeks ago that St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay unequivocally told this reporter that he would run for a historic fifth term. Now, the Democratic official has changed course and...
View ArticleFrustrations surface again with city's crime-fighting strategies
St. Louis aldermen used a meeting of the city's Public Safety Committee on Tuesday to blast the crime-fighting policies of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief Sam Dotson. "It is important that we make...
View ArticleSt. Louis aldermen take big step in capping contributions for city races
The long wait to enact campaign contribution limits in St. Louis appears to be coming to an end. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen initially approved legislation placing a $10,000 limit on donations to...
View ArticleFrench takes plunge into race for St. Louis mayor
The race to be the next St. Louis mayor is getting more crowded. A day after St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson jumped in the contest and St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones announced that she had filed...
View ArticleOn the Trail: Ferguson notably absent from St. Louis presidential debate
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spent a lot of time during their Sunday night debate dwelling on vulgar comments, leaked speeches, personal income tax payments and tweets of days past. But one thing...
View ArticleWho will get the big corner office at City Hall? Filing opens for St. Louis...
Though it's been underway for months, the race to replace Francis Slay as the mayor of St. Louis has officially begun. Three of the top candidates for mayor were at the doors of the city's Board of...
View ArticleAgainst odds, public funding for soccer stadium still has a chance
Ballot items aimed at expanding MetroLink and building a professional soccer stadium passed out of a Board of Aldermen committee on Thursday. But the stadium measure required some downright harrowing...
View ArticleKrewson amasses most cash for primary battle to be St. Louis' next mayor
St. Louis mayoral candidate Lyda Krewson appears to be heading into the final stretch of the primary contest with a huge financial edge over her Democratic rivals. Krewson’s latest report, filed...
View ArticleMayoral candidates share views on bringing St. Louis, the county together
In what turned out to be his final inauguration speech in 2013, St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay described St. Louis County as a place that “we confidently expect to re-enter in this decade.” The Democrat...
View ArticlePolitically Speaking: Alderman French on how mayoral bid is about building up...
On this episode of the Politically Speaking podcast , St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum, Jenny Simeone and Rachel Lippmann welcome Alderman Antonio French to show for the first time. The 21 st...
View ArticleMoney for developers: Where St. Louis mayoral primary candidates stand
There’s been a statistic tossed around frequently in the Democratic race for St. Louis mayor: The city has given away more than $700 million worth of tax increment financing and tax abatements over 15...
View ArticleThis is how some mayoral candidates plan to improve racial equity in St. Louis
Portions of this article first appeared in the St. Louis American. This story has been updated and now includes audio. This April, St. Louis will elect a new mayor for the first time in 16 years. St....
View ArticleMayoral candidates sound off on public funding for stadiums
If there’s one issue that’s provoked more fiery passions among St. Louis politicians, it’s using their constituents’ dollars to fund sports stadiums. From the unsuccessful venture to keep Rams football...
View ArticleCrime weighs heavily on minds of St. Louis voters, Democratic candidates for...
It’s been a violent couple of years in the city of St. Louis, one measure being the 188 homicides in 2015 and 2016. A decrease in property crime drove the overall crime number down between 2015 and...
View ArticleReed's campaign cash stash largest of St. Louis mayoral candidates; Krewson...
St. Louis Alderman Lyda Krewson has raised more than $500,000 in just the last month, far more than her Democratic rivals to be the city’s next mayor. But Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed is...
View ArticleMost mayoral candidates believe race politics isn’t as big a factor as it...
Updated at 12:45 p.m. March 1 with details about voting patterns — For decades, it’s been a given in St. Louis elections: The person who usually wins is of the race — white or black —that has the...
View ArticleOn the Trail: 5 things that may determine the outcome of St. Louis’ mayoral...
The melee to get closer to becoming St. Louis mayor is mere hours away from its conclusion. The race has featured an endless amount of twists, turns and surprises. And the contest turned a spotlight on...
View ArticleAlderman Krewson narrowly beats Treasurer Jones in St. Louis' Democratic...
St. Louis Alderman Lyda Krewson emerged from a crowded field of candidates, many of them well-known city leaders, to win Tuesday's Democratic mayoral primary. With all precincts reporting, Krewson had...
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