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MSD board votes to put proposed sewer rate hike on April ballot

2 years 4 months ago
Despite hearing from multiple consumers who opposed it, the Board of Trustees for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District voted Thursday to accept a recommended rate hike proposal. After an hour-long meeting, the board voted 5-1 to send the proposed rate increase of 32% that had been recommended by the independent Rate Commission to voters. Voters next April will be asked whether to approve the use of $750 million in debt funding under the 32% increase, which would see bills rise from an average…
Robert Townsend

Donald Trump is exempt from all federal campaign finance rules

2 years 4 months ago
Ellen Weintraub, a member of the Federal Election Commission, has something she wants to say: The FEC has six members: three Democrats and three Republicans. Enforcement actions require a majority vote. Since all three Republicans refuse on principle to investigate violations by Donald Trump, it means he's effectively immune from all federal campaign laws.
Kevin Drum

Missouri House GOP caucus sticks with Plocher as speaker – for now

2 years 4 months ago

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher scurried away from waiting reporters Thursday rather than answer questions about the events that have launched an ethics inquiry and caused some members of his party to ask for him to step down from his powerful post.  Plocher spent most of the afternoon in a closed-door Republican caucus meeting at […]

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Rudi Keller

Parlor Closes 3 Years After Sexual Assault Allegations Rocked the Grove

2 years 4 months ago
A St. Louis arcade bar that was previously plunged into a reckoning over allegations of sketchy behavior, Parlor (4170 Manchester Avenue, 314-833-3063), appears to have quietly closed its doors. A Google search has the Manchester Avenue bar marked as "temporarily closed." Meanwhile, listings for the first floor space as well as the office space on the second floor have been posted for lease through Tower Real Estate Group.
Daniel Hill