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St. Louis Public Radio A St. Louis County Council meeting ground to a halt Tuesday after a battle between councilmembers Lisa Clancy (left), D-Maplewood, and Tim Fitch, R-St. Louis County, over who had authority to run the meeting. A dispute over who is eligible to choose the leadership of the St. Louis County Council brought its weekly meeting to a standstill Tuesday night. Members voted to adjourn after barely 30 minutes, with both Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, D-Maplewood, and Councilman Tim Fitch, R-St. Louis County, claiming the authority to run the meeting. “It’s a shame we have to adj...

/ St. Louis County Councilwoman Lisa Clancy, shown at her 2019 swearing-in, won another year as council chairwoman Tuesday. But some are hoping for a redo vote of sorts after Councilwoman-elect Shalonda Webb didn't get to vote. A divided St. Louis County Council gave Chairwoman Lisa Clancy another year in her post Tuesday, amid an outcry over an outgoing lawmaker getting to vote on the matter instead of the person who defeated her last year. Backers of the reelection of Clancy, an ally of St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, contend this unusual situation is an unintended, but required, conse...

CLAYTON — Despite a year in which the St. Louis County Council battled County Executive Sam Page over the response to the coronavirus, the two sides appear to agree on the year’s most important legislation: an $848.5 million budget for 2021. The council on Tuesday night approved most of the county spending bills exactly as proposed by the Page administration and also appeared to support the last, although biggest, piece of the budget puzzle. That’s the $331 million general fund that pays for most of the government’s core functions and includes the Proposition P public safe...