Aldermen appear poised to bring the budget ax down on a request to add extra security for a pair of elected city officials.

As the Post-Dispatch reported earlier this month, Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed had sought to add two…

Supporters of Francis Slay converged on St. Louis University’s new basketball arena Friday, helping the mayor’s full-court fundraising press for 2009.

Slay has quietly amassed a robust re-election war chest, making the prospect of challenging him next year increasingly formidable. The…

St. Louis Treasurer Larry Williams is the latest city official to go green.

Williams, the city’s ex officio parking czar, announced plans Wednesday to replace 1,134 light fixtures at four city garages with “high-efficiency fluorescent” bulbs.

Not only will the new lights save…

Mayor Francis Slay has reiterated his support for a plan to assign bodyguards to Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and Comptroller Darlene Green.

As we reported on Monday, Slay was initially surprised at a budget insert that calls for the hiring of…

With a father that was a state representative and a grandfather who was an alderman, it’s easy to assume that Mayor Francis Slay’s family business is politics.

It’s not.

Before Francis moved into Room 200, the Slays were far better known…

State Treasurer Sarah Steelman was in town today for a variety of activities, some official and some tied to her campaign for governor.

At 10:30 a.m., she showed up in front of the downtown hole that is supposed to be part…

Georgia Frontiere — the former weather girl and nightclub singer who brought the Rams to St. Louis — was remembered as a woman who, in the ever-exclusive boy’s club of NFL owners, did things her way.

Frontiere could soon have her way…

Mayor Francis Slay’s State of the City address today at 10 a.m. can be viewed live via the Internet thanks to the streaming broadcast from Channel 10, STL TV.

As we mentioned earlier, a turbulent year at City Hall could make…

As if rescuing a puppy weren’t enough, it seems animal champion Randy Grim also has a knack for timing.

Over at the mother ship, reporter Carolyn Tuft has a story about Grimm - a veteran critter advocate in the St. Louis area…

Earlier this month, State Rep. Connie Johnson announced that, in solidarity with ousted Fire Chief Sherman George, she would not accept an endorsement from the firefighters’ union, which Johnson accused of helping push the chief out.

During George’s prolonged fight with…