Government, Politics & Issues

Tishaura Jones' landmark mayoral win ushers in a new era for St. Louis politics.

Gregory defeated incumbent Mayor Mark Eckert, who has been Belleville’s Mayor since 2004, and write-in candidate Jeffrey “J.D.” Dixon, according to complete but unofficial results.

79% of voters in Cahokia Heights supported the measure to do away with Commonfields of Cahokia Public Water District.

Otis Williams, St. Louis Development Corporation executive director, is retiring this spring after laying the groundwork for a new way of doing business in the city.

Three of the four candidates who received the backing of an initiative called Flip The Board won their aldermanic races in St. Louis, giving progressive-minded aldermen a working if fragile majority at City Hall.

St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones beat Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, on Tuesday to become the city’s first Black woman mayor.

The legislation previously passed the Senate last year, which has been the major hurdle in the past, but was derailed when the coronavirus disrupted the session. It now heads to the House.

Inmates at the St. Louis Justice Center on Sunday night broke out of their cells, broke windows and demanded court dates that have been delayed for months by the pandemic. It was the second time in two months that inmates hacked the jail's locks.

There are more than 3,400 St. Louisans who cannot vote Tuesday in the city’s mayoral election because they have not yet completed their probation or parole term. Missouri activists and lawmakers are pushing to restore voting rights more quickly to formerly incarcerated people so they can participate in local and state elections.

St. Louis voters will also decide races for mayor, aldermanic elections in 16 of the city’s 28 wards, whether again to retain the earnings tax and six ballot issues addressing the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District borrowing $500 million to improve wastewater service and changes to the utility’s charter. St. Louis County voters will also weigh in on MSD.