Board of Aldermen

A St. Louis Board of Aldermen committee is moving forward with a bill that would bring federal coronavirus relief funds to arts organizations. The bill would allow the Regional Arts Commission to use $10.6 million in federal funds for arts organizations and programs that shut their doors during the coronavirus pandemic.

Lewis Reed and Jeffrey Boyd both admitted to multiple felonies connected to a scheme in which they accepted cash, campaign contributions and other gifts from a developer in exchange for helping him get incentives.

John Collins-Muhammad is the first of three former aldermen charged with bribery to plead guilty in the scheme, which saw the men take cash and other gifts in exchange for helping a developer get incentives.

Some members of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen want to bar people from pitching tents in public right of ways in St. Louis.

Community resistance has stalled the $900,000 project to establish St. Louis’ first city-funded intentional encampment.

Over the next eight to 10 weeks, an aldermanic committee will draw a new map of the city with half as many wards. The Board of Aldermen is legally required to do so by the end of the year in compliance with a charter amendment approved by voters in 2012.

The proposed charter amendment aims to change the way St. Louis wards are drawn and bring more transparency over conflicts of interest on the Board of Aldermen. If the petition drive is successful, residents would vote on it in a November special election.

St. Louis Alderwoman Cara Spencer joined "St. Louis on the Air" for its series of one-on-one interviews with the candidates running for mayor in the city's March 2 primary. She discussed her background, her crime-fighting plan, her thoughts on the airport and more.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed announced he will run for mayor in the 2021 election.

Proposition R would raise St. Louis residents' property tax rate by 6 cents, yielding $2.3 million annually for early childhood centers in the city.