The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday passed bills that comprise roughly a $1 billion budget for 2023, while policymakers warn of threats to key reserve funds.
To complete the budget, the council tapped the county's reserve funds to help cover a $40 million deficit, St. Louis Public Radio reports. Policymakers are warning that elected officials need to find a way to close the deficit, which threatens to eventually exhaust the county's reserve funding, according to the report. By year's end, St.…
The Armory in Midtown, which has undergone a $60 million redevelopment, opened for photos Tuesday. “There's space for entertainment, like national touring acts. But there’s also space if you just want to come hang out and watch the Blues game, the soccer game or football game," an official said.
More than 400 families living in poverty will soon see direct cash payments from the city of St. Louis for at least a year and a half under a new bill approved by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.
The board on Tuesday approved a bill to allocate millions of dollars in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds and includes $5 million for a guaranteed basic income pilot program for parents living in poverty.
The bill now heads to Mayor Tishaura Jones' desk for final approval.
Jones has signified support…
CVS has agreed to pay $5 billion over 10 years, and Walgreens agreed to pay $5.7 billion over 15 years, to multiple states to resolve allegations that they failed to properly oversee the dispensing of opioids.
In a note, Research Analyst Kevin Fischbeck expressed concern about Medicaid redeterminations, recent setbacks and possible future ones on contracts to run Medicaid managed care programs in states, and a poor rating from the federal government on Centene's Medicare Advantage plan.
The next chief of police for the city of St. Louis will come from another department for the first time in the department’s history.
Lt. Col. Michael Sack, interim St. Louis police chief, announced in an email to his department Tuesday afternoon that he has not been selected to lead the department.
“While I have not been selected to serve as the Chief of Police, together, we will continue to work hard to make a difference in our community,” Sack wrote.
Only two of the original four finalists…
The move marks the next chapter of his football story, which has shifted from the field to the broadcast booth and now to the executive ranks of an upstart league looking to build on its predecessor's short-lived success.
Under its new ownership, the software firm plans to expand the geographic footprint of its customer base and explore wider application of its technology beyond the cleaning industry.
A St. Louis-area nonprofit that provides services for individuals with brain injuries, autism spectrum disorder and other disabilities has named a new leader.
When the Memphis Redbirds, the Triple-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals, begin their new season next year, fans will see the team playing on a different surface.
For the past couple of years, the state Senate has been a bottleneck. Here's why that's unlikely to happen next session, which is good news for Republicans. For Democrats, it will be a lot harder to stop bills.
One of the four finalists to be the next St. Louis police chief has withdrawn from consideration.
Melron Kelly, currently deputy chief of the Columbia, South Carolina, police department has withdrawn his name from the process, WIS-TV reported Sunday. Now second in command at the Columbia department, he began his career in law enforcement in 1999.
"Officials in contact with Kelly said after consultation with his family and trusted advisors, Kelly realized that there is much work still to be done…
For the second time in recent months, a high-profile St. Louis software startup has made a round of layoffs. The latest reductions impacts a range of different roles at the company.
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