A more than century-old hiring practice in the city of St. Louis came to an end Monday, and Mayor Tishaura Jones hopes it will help fill the city’s more than 700 vacancies.
Since the city’s charter passed in 1914, if you wanted to work for the city, you had to live in the city.
The legislature changed that, and the residency requirement was permanently lifted Monday.
Jones marked the moment with a press conference flanked by city employees to encourage people to apply for city jobs – giving…
Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2023 Visiting Artists in Residence are Pittsburgh-based artists Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis. This collaborative duo utilizes innovative approaches to conceptualism and minimalism to realize their […]
Awaken your body and bask in the morning sunlight! This gentle yoga practice is designed to energize and align your body and mind through movement and breath. Bring your own […]
Boeing is seeking a 50% real property tax abatement over 10 years for each building included in the project and a personal property tax abatement for the same percentage and number of years. The value of the tax break would be $155 million to Boeing.
During the past two legislative sessions, the Missouri House of Representatives has passed bills legalizing sports betting in the state. However, its continued failure to advance in the Senate could lead to the issue being decided by voters instead. (Brian Moline in for Wayne Pratt)
The intense late summer heat, combined with travel schedules, made it harder to get things done in August. I originally intended to write this column about how the residents of Benton Park roll out the red carpet when cycling events come through.
Over the last several years, SATE, a.k.a. Slightly Askew Theatre Ensemble, has applied an inventive, fully connected approach to classic plays and literature, bringing a fresh, malleable perspective to works from Jane Austin, the Brontë sisters and Shakespeare. This Palpable Gross Play, a playful riff on the forest scenes in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, joins the company’s canon with wit, imagination and exuberance.
Plans to demolish part of a historic complex for a charter school and another proposal to raze a Central West End warehouse for senior apartments secured city approval Monday.
The Missouri attorney general’s office crossed an ignominious milestone last week. Nearly nine months after taking office, Attorney General Andrew Bailey and his staff finally completed work on public records requests submitted in 2021. “We fulfilled the last remaining open request from 2021, of which there were 18 when Attorney General Bailey came into office,” […]
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