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No other city in Missouri got rid of rules to keep marijuana dispensaries away from schools and daycares. Why did St. Louis? And is time to reconsider?

No other city in Missouri got rid of rules to keep marijuana dispensaries away from schools and daycares. Why did St. Louis? And is time to reconsider?

Last fall, two candidates had to go head-to-head twice due to issues with a 2020 ballot initiative.

A local cannabis company is renovating property across the street from Lift For Life Academy, a charter school in the city’s Soulard neighborhood, to open a drive-thru, walk-up dispensary.

“We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the

City Counselor Sheena Hamilton is keeping key records from the public. It’s a troubling pattern for the administration of Mayor Tishaura O. Jones.

Board Bill No. 119 was passed 15-8 at the board's regular meeting. It calls for doubling the pay for city aldermen from $37,400 to $72,000 per year.

Starting next session, aldermen would make $72,000. They currently earn $36,000. The measure should get a final vote next Friday.

On March 7, 2023, the Primary election for the City of St. Louis Municipal Election will take place. This election will determine the candidates for the President of the Board of Aldermen...

Our political editor Mark Maxwell takes a look at a little-known fund aldermen can use to make citywide improvements. For example, city streets.