ST. LOUIS — After a twenty-minute grilling from colleague Stephen Conway, Alderman Lyda Krewson was poised for a long hearing today in defense of her bill to ban indoor smoking in the city.
Instead, she got an early — and unexpected —…
Butts out in St. Louis?
ST. LOUIS — Will St. Louis ever pass a smoking ban?
It looks increasingly unlikely, but, if it is to happen this year, the necessary action may come out of a hearing at City Hall today…
ST. LOUIS — As Congress approves unprecedented tobacco regulation legislation, lawmakers at St. Louis City Hall are still working on their smoking ban proposal.
Hearings set for this week were canceled — Mayor Francis Slay says it was because the measure does not have…
Time to butt out?
UPDATE: Hearings have been taken off the calendar — not rescheduled yet.
ST. LOUIS — Alderman Lyda Krewson will pitch her smoking ban proposal to fellow lawmakers at a pair of City Hall hearings next week.
Alderman Gregory…
Krewson
ST. LOUIS — Get ready for another round of debate on indoor smoking.
St. Louis Alderman Lyda Krewson has on today’s board agenda a bill that would ban smoking at restaurants, bars, businesses, casinos and other public buildings.
But there is a…
The push to dedicate a city street to the president-elect passed its first hurdle today, but further roadblocks could lie ahead.
A divided City Hall panel gave preliminary approval to the plan, which would designate Delmar Boulevard in St. Louis as…
Mayor Francis Slay will join the city’s new acting police chief at City Hall today to call for tougher security at MetroLink stations. 
The push comes after a wave of assaults near the Delmar Loop, detailed in a story by Post-Dispatch…
When Balaban’s restaurant closed earlier this year, the city’s epicurean set mourned the loss of a culinary institution. 
Now, the Central West End staple has found cause to entertain again, at least for one night. On June 27, Balaban’s will…
As the campaign chief for State House Democrats, Rep. Rachel Storch has spent the last several months recruiting candidates in vulnerable Republican districts.
Then she got an opponent of her own — and got to work.
Storch was feted Tuesday night at a…
St. Louis Alderwoman Lyda Krewson, D-28th Ward ward, will join city Treasurer Larry Williams and Tricia Roland-Hamilton, president of the Central West End Association, at an event Friday that will launch their “Real Change” campaign to discourage panhandling for money.
The…
