ST. LOUIS — Not only have aldermen agreed to the furloughs proposed by the city’s Estimate Board, they also included themselves: In budget talks this week, aldermen added their own names to the list of employees taking unpaid time off.

Members…

St. Louis was one of more than two dozen cities across the country that held “Day of Decision” rallies on Tuesday, the day the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the ballot question banning gay…

Carroll was given a city fire helmet in 1998

ST. LOUIS — Among those with fond memories of Mickey Carroll — the St. Louis born “munchkin” who made it big with his small stature — are officials at City Hall, who two…

Slay at his swearing-in last month

ST. LOUIS — Less than a month after taking his third term, Mayor Francis Slay may provide more details of his administration’s plans for the near future in his annual State of the City address on…

Kennedy, left, and Young

ST. LOUIS — Like most legislative bodies, seniority is the superceding currency at the Board of Aldermen.

So when the board’s ranking member wants to chair another committee, there is really only one thing to do: Step aside.

Soulard’s…

City Hall

ST. LOUIS — Days after the mayor warned of lean times ahead, he and two other key city elected officials have agreed to take personal furloughs — and are pushing for other employees to do the same.

Mayor Francis Slay, along…

Cohn

ST. LOUIS — Too much time on his hands or a workaholic?

Or maybe just overly concerned about a write-in campaign?

Either way, Democrat Shane Cohn, having clinched the 25th Ward aldermanic seat in the March 3 primary, will continue to canvass…

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Francis Slay’s third television ad of the primary focuses on neighborhood restoration and includes a cameo from Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed.

The footage of Reed walking through City Hall with the…

Reed

Earlier we told you that new State Sen. Jim Lembke is taking aim at red-light cameras. Now, St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed has a bill that would tighten regulations on camera enforcement.

Reed’s proposal would require that St. Louis intersections…

The Boss, at Tuesday's inauguration

Earlier, we brought you some slapdash footage of rock giant Bruce Springsteen at the inauguration in Washington.

But, it turns out, that another St. Louisan — Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed — got a much better look at the…