"Typically you don't see funding go up until you've had an incident and a big incident and a life-costing incident," Russell said in a May 6 budget meeting.
Missouri is still waiting for President Trump to approve federal assistance for damage left by three sets of storms in March and April that killed 19 people.
“Asking one person to be a specialist in all of emergency management is a monumental task and does not set us up for success,” Sarah Russell said in a 2024 audit.
Spencer said the city is in the process of clarifying the wording on notices and has brought in an additional team to clarify the messages provided to homeowners.
Around 67% of Missouri's nursing homes are largely funded by Medicaid, including more than 95% of nursing homes in St. Louis. Here's how cuts would hit them.