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Mayor Tishaura Jones says she's briefed on crimes daily. She points to police working to build trust in the community and continued investment in non-police groups.

We talk a lot here about the concept of “ownership” of what we spend money on, particularly as it relates to purchases that are digital or have some reliance on internet connectivity. Despite being related, those two categories are actually quite distinct. On the one hand, you have situations where a company may go out […]

From KMOV:   St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones signed Board Bill 155 on Friday. A summary of the bill reads: “An ordinance to provide minimum standards to make available a more highly-trained and diverse construction workforce, and increase the number and ability of diverse highroad construction employers to perform infrastructure, commercial, residential, and industrial construction services to, for, […]

The 2025 St. Louis mayoral primary election officially takes place Tuesday, with voters set to narrow the field to two candidates for the April 8 general election. 

From St. Louis Public Radio:  Construction on a German company’s $500 million expansion of its manufacturing plant in East Alton has started and will be finished in the next three years, company and elected officials said Monday. Executives at Wieland Manufacturing, an international producer of copper and copper alloys, said the investment to a facility […]

From RE Journals:  A Block & Company, Inc., Realtors-headed investment group comprised of investors from Kansas City and St. Louis acquired 18 acres of land at Wentzville Parkway and Will Ron Drive in Wentzville, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. Wentzville, located just outside of St. Louis, is one of the fastest-growing cities in Missouri. Wentzville […]

The Affton Americans dropped the puck on their bid for a national title tonight only three months after their teammate Colin Brown, 16, was shot and killed.

The site of the fire was adjacent to the abandoned Carr School building.

From St. Louis Business Journal:  The number of north St. Louis properties targeted for eminent domain by the St. Louis Development Corp. has grown to nearly 150, nearly all of which belong to Paul McKee’s NorthSide Regeneration. The SLDC on Monday said its Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority has sent offer letters to the owners […]

From KMOV:  The City of St. Louis is taking new steps to redevelop abandoned properties in North City. The Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority sent letters to owners offering to buy the dilapidated properties. They have offered more than $1 million total for 87 private sites, the majority of which are owned by Paul McKee’s Northside […]

A Spanish Lake man remains behind bars for now for sexual misconduct on a MetroLink train for the second time.  

It's official: The U.S. will pause all military aid to Kyiv until President Trump determines that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is making a good-faith effort toward peace negotiations with Russia, according to a White House official. Trump's revenge is now complete.

Construction data was released today, and once again I don't get this: Following the pandemic, everyone was supposedly working from home. Downtowns were hollowed out. Vacancy rates were 50%. And yet, construction of office buildings has never fallen below its pre-pandemic peak. We're putting up new office buildings like gangbusters. What's going on?

From Bob Clark Beyond:  Marc Lore is one of the most forward-thinking entrepreneurs of our time. His ability to see far beyond the horizon and create innovative solutions that disrupt industries is something I’ve admired for years. Whether it’s evolving e-commerce, reinventing the food delivery business, or envisioning an entirely new city built on equity and […]

From STL Partnership:  Betsy Cohen will step down after 12 years in role The World Trade Center St. Louis (WTC) of the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership (STL Partnership) announced February 26th that Betsy Cohen will step down from her role with the St. Louis Mosaic Project in the coming weeks, and Suzanne Sierra will […]