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St. Louis scrap metal company potentially polluted Mississippi River, EPA says

1 year 2 months ago
A scrap metal recycling plant in St. Louis faces thousands of dollars in fines and correction costs after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it was potentially polluting the Mississippi River. The company, SA Recycling LLC, has three facilities in the St. Louis area along the Mississippi River. The specific plant at fault, located in the Patch Neighborhood on Nagel Avenue, reportedly did not control its stormwater runoff and could have possibly polluted the river. "EPA alleges that…
Hunter Bassler

Democrat leaves ethics inquiry into Dean Plocher to avoid conflict of interest

1 year 2 months ago
A Democrat running for the same statewide office as Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher will not participate in a House Ethics Committee inquiry into the speaker. House Assistant Minority Leader Richard Brown of Kansas City, who is running for lieutenant governor, was replaced Tuesday on the committee by Rep. David Tyson Smith of Columbia. In a letter to Chief Clerk Dana Miller, House Minority Leader Crystal Quade invoked a rule that allows any member of the Ethics Committee to be replaced temporarily…
Rudi Keller

St. Louis 'Unhoused Bill of Rights' proposal withdrawn as more input sought

1 year 2 months ago
Three bills intended to overhaul St. Louis' response to homelessness have been withdrawn from consideration as advocates of the proposed legislation head back to the drawing board. 7th Ward Alderwoman Alisha Sonnier, who sponsored Bills 126, 127 and 128, said in a public statement Monday that the bills' withdrawal would make way for "brand new bills" following more input from within both city hall and the community. The now-withdrawn bills proposed new rules for the decommissioning of homeless…
Kelsi Anderson