The fire took place just as city officials again threaten a public nuisance hearing for a building that has been tied to mayhem, including the shooting death of a 16-year-old in the building's lobby.
It’s unclear if the current crop lawmakers will take up the measure in early January or whether it will be put off until after the new legislature is seated Jan. 11.
The board held its first public meeting in decades at St. Louis Union Station Hotel as required by the federal infrastructure bill passed last year by Congress.
The St. Louis and St. Louis County branches of the NAACP are asking Dierbergs Markets grocery stores to decline the tax incentive that was granted to build its new store in Crestwood.
The city, where the Rams played home games and which led the charge in 2015 to try and keep the team from moving to Los Angeles, would get the largest chunk of the settlement money: $250 million.