Reed

ST. LOUIS — Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed is hoping to bolster his campaign warchest with a swank mid-term fundraiser on Wednesday evening.

The lengthy host committee includes Mayor Francis Slay and several of his predecessors, including Freeman Bosley Jr. and Vince Schoemehl;…

Buried in the findings of three audits released Monday by State Auditor Susan Montee was this interesting nugget: St. Louis officials are violating the city charter by not having proper park oversight.

An audit of the city’s Parks Department, part of Montee’s…

Slay

Mayor Francis Slay today announced endorsements from a slate of prominent political figures — including several well-known African Americans.

With no formidable opposition lining up against him yet, Slay has been left alone to collect cash and personal support in his…

Kuehling

As as a top official in Vince Schoemehl’s administration at City Hall in the late 1980s and early 1990s, former St. Louis public safety director Bill Kuehling tackled train derailments, earthquake drills, jail overcrowding and big city crime.

Now, as an alderman…

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 is…