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Green Street, dog bar resolve legal dispute

6 months 1 week ago
St. Louis developer Green Street and dog-friendly entertainment venue Bar K said Wednesday they’ve resolved a dispute regarding Bar K’s lease at Green Street’s development at 4565 McRee Ave. in the city’s Forest Park Southeast neighborhood.
Nathan Rubbelke

Half of Missourians have faced recent medical debt, survey finds

6 months 1 week ago
Two of every five Missouri adults owe money to medical providers, according to a survey published Tuesday by the St. Louis-based nonprofit Missouri Foundation for Health. Those debts include unpaid fees for services ranging from lab tests and doctors’ visits to emergency treatment and dental care. Often, the bills are from one-time or short-term medical expenses, the report states. One in ten Missouri residents have more than $5,000 in medical debt. The result is that Missourians with medical…
Clara Bates

City Justice Center commissioner on leave, status uncertain

6 months 1 week ago
There were new questions Tuesday night about the leadership at the City Justice Center after KSDK confirmed that director Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah is on leave. For months, St. Louis Board of Alderman members Rasheen Aldridge and Cara Spencer have been vocal about the situation at the City Justice Center. “We’ve been having a lack of transparency with some of the situations that have been going on in the jail,” Ward 14 Alderman Rasheen Aldridge said. “It’s clear that things aren’t…
Holden Kurwicki

Alleged ‘predatory’ contracts continue to surface in Missouri social-equity marijuana program

6 months 1 week ago
Destiny Brown thought she had been recruited last year to own and operate a small-scale Missouri cannabis dispensary — and get paid $200,000 to do it. Cannabis investor Michael Halow told Brown, who is Black, that her disabled veteran status and the marijuana offense on her father’s record qualified her for a Missouri microbusiness license. The qualifications were designed for these licenses to end up in the hands of disadvantaged business owners, including disabled veterans, those with lower…
Rebecca Rivas