Backers of an ambitious plan to curb hidden aldermanic influence filed shortly after bribery charges against three members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen were forced to drop some of its biggest changes.
By Jacob Barker and Austin Huguelet St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A $1.2 billion plan to redevelop the St. Louis riverfront south of the Poplar Street Bridge moved forward Thursday after a key board signed off on the deal.
Ameren seeks to raise revenue from its electricity rates by $316 million — a jump that it says would increase bills by $12 per month for an average residential customer.
Lawyers for Leonard Taylor claim he was executed Tuesday before he had exhausted his final appeals in federal court. They said it has never before happened in Missouri, and are demanding an investigation.
A woman who authorities say repeatedly harassed a family at their home was charged Wednesday with three felonies, a day after security footage of the incidents went viral.
ST. CHARLES — St. Charles officials have gone to court in their push to get a federal agency to require Ameren to spend millions of dollars to help the city deal with groundwater contamination near the city’s drinking-water wells.