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St. Louis’s mayor is creating an ‘Office of New Americans’ to welcome the immigrants.

It's one of the last major cities in the country to regulate short-term rentals

Our city’s legislative branch is finally back from their summer recess, but it’s not another saga of the “Real Housewives of the Board of Aldermen” that’s causing the heat in

In all, nine inmates have died in less than two years – the most recent of whom died early Thursday at a hospital.

Aldermen on Friday gave their final approval to a plan to pay for lawyers for thousands of city renters facing eviction each year.

"The Water Division has not detected any contamination to the water supply and has issued the boil water advisory out of an abundance of caution."

In a speech outlining a broad progressive agenda, St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Megan Green called for disagreements to be productive. But debate in the chambers quickly turned nasty and personal.

St. Louis voters also narrowly approved a regular review of the charter, the city’s governing document, and authorized a 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana.