Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard
Efforts to reverse — at least temporarily — devastating cuts to Metro transit agency services are still very much alive. Thanks to the work of Missouri House Speaker Ron Richard, R-Joplin, and Rep. Allen Icet, R-Wildwood, Metro…
St. Louis County Executive Charlie A. Dooley and his staff have rethought, reconfigured and rejiggered their December estimate that property tax assessments would drop by only 2 to 3 percent. Under a barrage of criticism from the public, the county…
Brittanie Williams | Post-Dispatch
Metro, the St. Louis region’s bus and light-rail mass transit agency, faces a budget gap of at least $40 million that grows larger with every report of slumping retail sales and declining sales taxes. In November, St.…
Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed paid us a visit this morning, catching us up with various initiatives from his office.
He came with Harry Kennedy in tow, his new legislative director and a longtime Missouri lawmaker.
Mr. Reed ran…
Kevin Manning/Post-Dispatch
Critics scoffed at the idea that St. Louis County voters would consider adding a half cent onto the local sales tax to fund regional public transit.
In this economy? Given the arrogance of past leaders of Metro, St. Louis’ regional…
