Brian Heffernan
Interim News DirectorBrian Heffernan is the interim news director at St. Louis Public Radio. Prior to his interim appointment, he was the newsroom's digital editor and special projects editor for about four and a half years. Before coming to the newsroom in April 2018, Brian reported for a variety of publications including Al Jazeera America, St. Louis Magazine, Riverfront Times, San Francisco magazine and the Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette newspapers in South Carolina. He also worked in St. Louis' burgeoning startup and tech industry as a project manager and quality assurance specialist. A St. Louis native, Brian received both his master's and bachelor's degrees of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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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. -
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