State Rep. Jeff Harris, seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general, has added another name to his roster of St. Louis-area supporters: Florissant Mayor Bob Lowery.

“We can count on Jeff Harris to work with law enforcement to make sure…

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.…

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…

As a leader of the Advance St. Louis reform movement, Daniel Schesch pushed a set of charter amendments four years ago that would have eliminated many of the city’s elected positions.

But the measures fared poorly at the polls, and now Schesch…

The city of St. Louis has held on to many traditions. Among them is the practice of hiring stand-ins to hold a candidate’s place in the filing line — sometimes weeks, or even months — before filing actually opens.

The…