Mark Langston
Former Maplewood Mayor Mark Langston has become the second Democrat to seek the 5th District seat on the St. Louis County Council in next year’s elections.
He plans soon to organize a campaign committee and announce formally his candidacy.
Langston stressed he…
Gerard Ezvan
Banning smoking in indoor public places would hurt the economy, owners of premium cigar stores say.
“The only thing a smoking ban would do is lead the way in increased unemployment…(and) failing businesses,” Chris McCalla, legislative director of the International…
Terri Williams, a former mayor of Webster Groves, will launch her campaign for a seat on the St. Louis County Council in a parade.
Terri Williams
Williams will have a float — “Hometown Girl at Election Time” — in the Webster Groves…
Flooding in University City
A committee of the St. Louis County Council will hold a meeting at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on flooding problems in University City. Council Chairwoman Hazel Erby hopes the session would be a catalyst to get something done about…
Supporters of a 0.1 cent sales tax to finance an $80 million countywide emergency communications system in St. Louis County have pushed to November the date they want an election on the measure.
Previously, they sought a vote in August. But…
Page
Former Missouri State Rep. Sam Page, who lost a bid last year for lieutenant governor, will seek a return to Jefferson City next year as a State Senator.
The Creve Coeur Democrat, an anesthesiologist by training, confirmed he will run for…
The possibility that St. Louis County voters will consider on April 7 an 0.1-cent sales tax to build and initially operate a countywide emergency radio system is fading, but has not disappeared.
The St. Louis County Municipal League is behind the…
Stenger
The St. Louis County Council got its fifth Democrat today.
U.S. District Judge Rodney Sippel swore in Steve Stenger of Affton as councilman from the 6th District to give Democrats five of the seven seats on the council. Stenger ousted Councilman John…
Eugene Dokes, a real estate agent from Spanish Lake, is the first Republican to run for the 4th District seat on the St. Louis County Council since 1996.
Dokes, 25, then was a high-school freshman and Republican Holly Mathis got slightly…
A Democratic state representative from south St. Louis County wants the county to slow down and rethink its effort to set up eight trash collection districts in the unincorporated area.
The county administration, run by Democrats, is pushing the plan. Several…
