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The St. Louis Development Corporation is on the lookout for a consultant that can help improve its internal workings. That's weeks after a federal grand jury indicted a St. Louis alderman for allegedly pressuring agency staff to sell property to a businessman in exchange for a bribe. → Read More
A grand jury indictment unsealed on Thursday accuses St. Louis Board of Aldermanic President Lewis Reed, as well as former aldermen John Collins-Muhammad and Alderman Jeffrey Boyd, of taking payments in return for their support for development deals. → Read More
A St. Louis attorney told the Missouri Supreme Court that the Second Amendment Preservation Act was an 'unintelligible statute' that has confused state law enforcement. → Read More
Harris Kupperman, who owns 7.3% of Lee Enterprises' shares, called Alden Global Capital's offer to buy the publisher for $141 million "insufficient and opportunistic." → Read More
Lee executives said the hedge fund, known for gutting the newspapers it acquires, did not follow the rules in trying to nominate three people to the the publisher's board. → Read More
The $28 million increase in the budget is meant to cover some “one-time costs” the county will incur this year, plus wage increases and county projects that were postponed due to the pandemic. → Read More
The program launched by the St. Clair County Transit District is meant to relieve pressure on local police and offer better care for riders who need it. → Read More
A project to change Belleville’s station will closely mirror one that’s been completed at the Emerson Park Transit Center in East St. Louis. → Read More
“We strongly encourage appointments. As they become available, we’ll have those posted on our website,” the county’s health department director said. → Read More
The lawsuit describes Zach Schneider’s death as a “preventable tragedy.” → Read More
Some of the ballot machines were purchased by the county 50 years ago. → Read More
Two county Republicans allege Democrats conspired to dilute conservative presence in some districts in the newly proposed redistricting map. → Read More
The city will have to increase its testing and monitoring under the Safe Drinking Water Act. → Read More
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is closely watching the southwestern Illinois counties that border Missouri, which have the highest growth of new COVID-19 infections in the country. → Read More
Residents say no changes have been made in the year since a previous lawsuit was filed. → Read More
An internal investigation reviewed by the Illinois State Police and the local NAACP found the officer used restraint. Families of the teen girls disagree. → Read More
The $96 million project will add more than five miles of new track and bike trails to the existing light rail line to connect it to the county-owned airport. → Read More
The police department says it’s investigating the officer’s use of force but declined to identify the officer. → Read More
The St. Clair County board voted unanimously Monday night to approve a new policy hoped to minimize security risks from future attacks. The new policy adds multi-factor authentication on county accounts and raises requirements on county network passwords. → Read More
The county government hopes to bolster its network security to prevent what happened to neighboring St. Clair County. → Read More