St. Louis
St. Louis Public Schools start year without enough buses to get students to class(The Center Square) – Bus transportation on the first day of school often has problems or miscommunication on new bus stops, changes in routes from last year and late arrivals. Read More
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Judge orders St. Louis to stop guaranteed basic income payments(The Center Square) – A judge has ordered the City of St. Louis to stop its guaranteed basic income program, possibly marking the first time a court granted an injunction… Read More
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St. Louis schools leader on leave after problems with buses, budgets, hiring(The Center Square) – Weeks before the start of the school year, the superintendent of St. Louis Public Schools was placed on a temporary leave of absence. The Board of… Read More
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Judge stops July’s $220K payment from St.Louis’ guaranteed basic income program(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis’ guaranteed basic income payments were suspended for two weeks in response to an injunction request in a lawsuit challenging the program. Read More
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Disconnected nine years ago, St. Louis seeks proposals for new red-light cameras(The Center Square) – Approximately nine years after the City of St. Louis discontinued using cameras to catch drivers running red lights, it’s accepting proposals for more advanced technology. Board… Read More
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Lawsuit claims St. Louis’ guaranteed basic income violates constitution, charter(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis’ guaranteed basic income program violates its own Charter, the Missouri Constitution and must cease, according to a lawsuit. Two taxpayers filed… Read More
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St. Louis mayor calls earnings taxes ‘contributions’(The Center Square) – St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones created a council on Monday to examine the city’s revenue and 1% earnings tax, which she called “contributions” from taxpayers. The… Read More
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Alcohol-free music venue to open this weekend in St. LouisST. LOUIS, Mo. – A sober music venue debuts in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District in St. Louis this weekend. Aaron Perlut, a musician and businessman, is… Read More
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Failure to collect recreational marijuana tax will cost St. Louis $500K(The Center Square) – The city of St. Louis will lose approximately $500,000 in tax revenue after it failed to submit documents with the Missouri Department of Revenue to collect… Read More
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Report: St. Louis should focus on bus service, not spend $850M for light rail(The Center Square) – Instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to build five miles of light rail on streets, St. Louis’ public transit authority should improve its bus… Read More
Missouri, St. Louis
Missouri House speaker: St. Louis’ crime, taxes will be focus during 2024 session(The Center Square) – The City of St. Louis will be an important area to focus on during the 2024 legislation session, according to Missouri’s speaker of the House of… Read More
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Missouri House special committee to focus on St. Louis’ 1% earning tax(The Center Square) – The Republican chairman of a special House interim committee on the earnings tax believes its impact on the City of St. Louis also affects all of… Read More
Guns, St. Louis, Uncategorized
Missouri Republicans lash out at St. Louis mayor on proposed gun laws(The Center Square) – Democratic St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones expected a backlash from the Republican-controlled legislature and executive branch after she announced a plan to prohibit “military-grade weapons” on… Read More
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Hawley blocking Energy Department promotions, raises until feds do more to monitor, clean up, pay up after St. Louis radioactive contaminationThe federal government never really cleaned up WWII-era radioactive waste in the St. Louis region, and still isn’t even properly monitoring it, argues an increasingly indignant Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley. Read More
Education, St. Louis
Male high school counselor awarded $6 million for sex discrimination in St. Louis Public SchoolsA St. Louis high school guidance counselor was awarded over $6 million in damages for sex discrimination and retaliation after being held to a different standard than his female colleagues. Read More
Crime, St. Louis
Holiday weekend violence stuns St. Louis with half a dozen shootings, including murder-suicide killing woman, two childrenA woman and three of her children were shot by her boyfriend Monday night in a murder-suicide barrage in suburban St. Louis that left only a 9-year-old girl wounded and… Read More
Jobs, St. Louis
Average wage in Ripley County $48K less than St. Louis(The Center Square) – The city of St. Louis had the highest average annual wage across all private industries in 2022 and Ripley County had the lowest, according to an… Read More
St. Louis
St. Louis Zoo unveils plans for interactive children’s Destination Discovery projectST. LOUIS, Mo. – The St. Louis Zoo has shut down the 51-year-old Emerson Children’s Zoo and has unveiled plans to reignite the area with an interactive experience for children… Read More
St. Louis
Republican governor appoints replacement for St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner that supports defund-the-police champion Cori BushGov. Mike Parson’s replacement for far-left former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner just happens to be an avid supporter of U.S. Rep. Cori Bush – one of the leading… Read More
Courts, St. Louis
Day after St. Louis prosecutor quits, Missouri attorney general drops case(The Center Square) – Republican Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey withdrew his case against former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Wednesday. “Comes now the State of Missouri and… Read More