Rita Days

The decision comes after a recent regional crime summit for the St. Louis area. The action by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments passed through a voice vote, with no audible dissent.

Some members of the St. Louis County Council were upset that $300,000 was allocated to inform voters about the 3% tax on cannabis products.

The St. Louis County Council dipped into reserves in order to bridge a roughly $40 million budget deficit for 2023.

St. Louis County Council Chairwoman Rita Days is squaring off against Jennings Councilman Terry Wilson in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the 1st County Council District.

Terry Wilson is challenging St. Louis County Councilwoman Rita Days in the Aug. 2 Democratic primary.

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page also alluded to difficulties he’s had with some members of the county council.

The order from County Executive Sam Page extends existing programs at the health department and expands patient counseling and anti-bias and anti-racism training, as well as clinical training around contraception.

On the Democratic side, Marine veteran Lucas Kunce, former state Sen. Scott Sifton and businessman Spencer Toder filed for the Senate seat of the retiring Roy Blunt on Tuesday.

The Republican senator's decision set off an electoral domino effect that included opening up two GOP congressional seats.

The St. Louis County Council spent its last meeting of the year passing the 2022 budget and an extension of an eviction moratorium.