Frankie Freeman
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has been reaching out quietly, but broadly, for creative approaches to engaging the community on matters of race.
He wants ideas that are regional in scope because racial understanding is a regional goal and racial division…
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar in front of Post-Dispatch Platform. Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch
U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in town yesterday afternoon, ostensibly to talk about federal spending for job creation and economic recovery. But it turns out he had monumental plans,…
Laurie Skrivan/Post-Dispatch
St. Louis is on today’s itinerary for Ken Salazar, the former Democratic senator from Colorado whom President Barack Obama appointed as the nation’s 50th Secretary of the Interior.
It’s a stop in a series of low-key visits the secretary is…
The city must reform its charter. The city, the inner suburbs and outer suburbs must combine services. And I strongly believe that we must begin to lay the groundwork for the city of St. Louis to enter St. Louis County.
So…
City Hall: Room 200 up for grabs
If somehow the stars were to align themselves on April 7 in such a way that Maida Coleman were elected mayor of St. Louis, things sure would be a lot more interesting at City Hall.…
Eddie Roth/Post-Dispatch
Irene J. Smith, former city courts administrative judge and two term alderwoman, is challenging incumbent Mayor Francis Slay in the Democratic primary in March.
She talked to us this morning about what she would do if elected mayor of 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…
The Cardinals and Cordish Co. last week unveiled the fourth iteration of a plan for Ballpark Village. If things go well — a very big “if” — the complex could start to materialize early next year on the hole formerly known…
On July 31 — 15 years to the day after the first MetroLink train pulled out of Union Station amid much ballyhoo — politicians and civic leaders will gather at Washington University for what’s being billed as a “transit summit.”
Although not…
The National Park Service (NPS) today announced the initiation of a General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/EIS) process for Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (commonly referred to as the Gateway Arch).
In the dry prose of a press release issued Friday comes a…
After the last attack ad fades away and the last ballot is counted, elected officials are supposed to sit down and govern. But it’s hard to govern effectively if the losers can demand a do-over.
That’s the problem with recall elections. They…
