Charlie Dooley

St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley’s budget for next year calls for extending a pay freeze for a second year.

Dooley this morning submitted to the county council a total county budget of nearly $498.8 million for next year. The total…

The campaign for a 0.1-cent sales tax for an emergency communications system in St. Louis County has drawn the support of some of the region’s largest corporations.

Voters on Nov. 3 will consider the sales tax. A campaign finance report…

Robert McCulloch

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch has endorsed a 0.1-cent sales tax for an emergency communications system that is on the ballot countywide on Nov. 3.

“This is extremely important to the county and the whole area,” McCulloch this morning…

Mange

Supporters of a 0.1-cent sales tax for emergency communications have built their campaign organization for the Nov. 3 election in St. Louis County.

The tax would raise $13.6 million a year to finance a program that would include:

> An $80 million…

ST. LOUIS — Aldermen did more than just cut their own pay in the city budget process.

The Board’s Ways and Means Committee this week also voted to take out $28,000 from the Police Department’s budget.

Was that money going to put…

Erby

St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Hazel Erby, D-University City, plans to introduce a bill on Tuesday in the council for a countywide election on Nov. 3 for a 0.1-sales tax to finance a countywide emergency communication system.

The tax would generate…

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…

Clark, left, and Epsten

A St. Louis spirits distributor and a local developer have come up big for Barack Obama’s inaugural party, both chipping in the maximum amount for the president-elect’s swearing-in.

Todd Epsten, head of the Major Brands Inc. beverage company, and…

Troupe, left, and Slay

In addition to being a fan of concealed weapons laws, Alderman Charles Quincy Troupe has also made no attempt to disguise his animosity for Mayor Francis Slay.

Now, it seems, Slay is returning the favor.

After Troupe’s firearms push made…

Slay, left, and Goodson

Mayor Francis Slay is tangling with other members of the city’s Police Board over a gun buy back program that has, for the moment anyhow, been shelved.

Though gun buy backs are typically feel good efforts — citizens hand…