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Holleman: St. Louis' ex-comptroller is back on the city payroll. No one is saying why. www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...

SLDC apparently got them for the construction project. These lawsuits are from the medical vendors

Lawsuits pile up over millions in unpaid bills at Paul McKee's Homer G. Phillips Hospital Eight lawsuits seek $3.5 million in unpaid invoices from shuttered north St. Louis clinic.

They claimed to be working with a copper company that was to sign an $800 million mining deal and use proceeds to finance the hospital.
“The gentleman and his company are real," Mark Vincent, general counsel of the hospital, wrote.
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International Institute of St. Louis shifts focus after Trump ends key immigration programs The International Institute and its Latino Outreach initiative will work to lure those of Hispanic or Asian descent — with citizenship or a green card — to the region.

“I don’t want people to get so bogged down on ‘it’s the International Institute, so we’re bringing immigrants.’ I want people to understand we’re trying to bring population to St. Louis.”
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Holleman: St. Louis trickles out a bit of transparency, but not without a fight Request for information tied to recent tornado in St. Louis finally was fulfilled — but not through system city uses to handle public’s Sunshine Law requests

After calling the mayor's office to get his Sunshine request fulfilled, the city's records portal, which had been processing his request for over a month, sent a message saying it needed another week to fulfill the request.
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Among local govts, St. Louis is in a class by itself with its glacial handling of records requests.

For a 3rd straight year, the city took 100+ days to answer the Post-Dispatch's annual request for payroll data.

St. Louis County needed just 8.

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Missouri regulators say they can’t revoke approval of Grain Belt Express energy project The project is an 800-mile, multi-state power line that would stretch from Kansas to Indiana.

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Indicted St. Louis apartment developer hires Pam Bondi’s brother, asks to dismiss charges Sid Chakraverty and brother Victor Alston argue the government’s case against them should be tossed because they are accused of defrauding an unconstitutional program to hire minority contractors in v...

“In this context, one has to be cognizant of the distinct possibility that this is about corrupt influence peddling rather than any kind of decision on the merits."
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St. Louis aldermen asked for a state audit of the personnel department. It never started. The state audit would have examined the personnel department, whose director, Sonya Jenkins-Gray, was later fired. Gov. Mike Kehoe has since appointed her to the city's new police board.

St. Louis aldermen asked for a state audit of the personnel department. It never started. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Missouri’s paid sick leave law to end next month after Republican-led repeal Gov. Mike Kehoe also approved cutting the state’s capital gains tax worth more than $400 million.

Missouri’s paid sick leave law to end next month after Republican-led repeal.
Also Thursday, Kehoe signed the capital gains tax cut on profits and earnings on the sale of stocks, cryptocurrencies, real estate and other valuables.
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Tornado plan for damaged schools in doubt after St. Louis Board of Education rebuffs superintendent The SLPS board did not vote on the proposed relocation of Sumner, Soldan and Beaumont high schools or Yeatman-Liddell Middle School.

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Work begins on new St. Louis apartment tower in Central West End The tower at Kingshighway and Lindell Boulevard will consist of 305 luxury apartments and 1,700 square feet of ground-level retail space.

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State takeover revives ‘good ol’ boy’ discipline process for St. Louis police, critic says Four years after city officials repealed them, summary hearing boards, which let police appeal discipline to a panel of other officers, are specifically mandated in the state takeover law.

“This has allowed for officers to significantly reduce, or even negate, discipline time and time again.” -- Former SLMPD Chief John Hayden.
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No new apartments until July 2026 in this St. Charles County city "We are no longer the little bedroom community for O'Fallon — we're becoming O'Fallon," one Dardenne Prairie resident said.

No new apartments until July 2026 in this St. Charles County city www.stltoday.com/news/local/s...

Fireworks light up the St. Louis skyline and the Gateway Arch on Thursday, July 3, 2025. #STL More pix here www.stltoday.com/news/multime...

St. Louis city employee who was ‘right arm’ to former personnel director out after critical audit Anthony Byrd, the “right arm” to former Personnel Department Director Sonya Jenkins-Gray, was known for his frequent use of city vehicles. A city audit found a department employee put 5,700

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Robert Tracy was the first outsider to lead St. Louis police. He may be the last. The law behind the state takeover of St. Louis police includes language that says the chief and assistant chief have to be “members of the force.”

“His performance has been lauded by both Republicans and Democrats and policing experts outside of St. Louis. Why would we preclude ourselves from hiring someone like Chief Tracy?”
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New St. Louis police board members have ties to cops. Can they police the department? Critics of the new governor-appointed police board that will run the St. Louis Police Department raised questions about potential conflicts of interest and ties to the police union.

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‘We are in trouble.’ St. Louis region’s slowing population growth spurs call for action The East-West Gateway Council of Governments, the St. Louis region’s top planning group, is being urged to take the lead on addressing population growth.

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Invest STL to launch direct cash program for north St. Louis tornado victims Nonprofit plans to try and get $3,000 checks to households who lived in the 1,300 or so buildings that received a “red sticker” from the city designating severe tornado damage.

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Drug charges tied to federal probe of former St. Louis architect, ex-Mercy Health executive Sources told the Post-Dispatch the arrest of an alleged drug dealer is tied to a wider probe of a former St. Louis architect and ex-health care executive.

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St. Louis retiree has been living in a tent since the tornado. That may be about to change. Gwen Hudgins, who lost her north St. Louis home of 40 years on May 16, needs the government to step up. Meanwhile, she may be in line for a tiny

“It’s gonna take more than a tornado to move me.”
Gwen Hudgins' insistence on staying where she’s spent much of her life will demonstrate just how committed government agencies are to helping longtime residents rebuild.
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Top federal prosecutor quits St. Louis post. Trump to appoint replacement U.S. Attorney Sayler Fleming said Tuesday that her resignation was effective at midnight on Friday. She did not provide a reason for her departure.

“I think the vetting is going to be: Are you going to do what we tell you or not?”
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St. Louis has lost residents for decades. The tornado could nudge more to leave. Most of the portion of St. Louis hit by the tornado was already losing population. Reversing the trend will be harder now.

"If families have to move out of the city temporarily, what history has shown us is that that temporary move becomes permanent."
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That analysis was put together by the very talented @kirkman.bsky.social . Josh, maybe you can share your map?

Deadly disaster: The May 16 tornado in photos and videos From devastation, to desperation, to people helping people, this is the story — in photos and videos by the Post-Dispatch — of the first two weeks since an EF-3 tornado

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My childhood has roots in north St. Louis. We can’t let the tornado steal our memories. “I hope St. Louisans can remember the joyous, heart-warming, heart-breaking moments experienced on streets now scarred by a tornado.”

"Many who live there didn’t have much before the tornado hit. Afterwards, they’re left with nothing and more broken than before."
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St. Louis mayor vows to keep tornado-displaced residents in city Spencer campaigned on reversing the city’s long-running population decline, and said on Tuesday she wouldn’t waver now.

St. Louis mayor vows to keep tornado-displaced residents in city www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...

Missouri to hold special session on aid to tornado victims, owners of Chiefs and Royals Gov. Mike Kehoe announced the special session Tuesday, less than two weeks after a deadly tornado hit St. Louis and the Legislature wrapped up its work.

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On some St. Louis streets, 70% of tornado victims are uninsured. Can recovery happen? The sheer number of uninsured properties will complicate recovery in neighborhoods that were already among the poorest in the St. Louis region.

Tornado recovery in St. Louis will be complicated by the sheer number of uninsured homes in north side neighborhoods that were already among the poorest in the region, struggling with decades of disinvestment and pocked with thousands of vacant properties.
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