Sam Page

The $210 million project will add 72,000 square feet of exhibit space to the downtown St. Louis convention center.

The County Council on Tuesday also approved a ballot measure requiring confirmation of department heads. And it chose a new operator of the county’s animal shelter.

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

Passage of Proposition B makes it clear that the county executive cannot hold an outside job and must forfeit the office if he or she does.

The county charter says the executive's entire time must be devoted to the office, but Sam Page has continued to work as an anesthesiologist.

Family, friends and elected officials remembered Cora Faith Walker’s infectious smile and her advocacy work for marginalized communities during a celebration of life Friday at the Friendly Temple Baptist Church in north St. Louis.

St. Louis County is set to receive $45 million from the settlement with drugmakers and manufacturers, which will be paid out in portions over more than a decade. The county could use the money to upgrade the medical examiner's office, which is swamped with overdose victims, County Executive Sam Page said.

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.

St. Louis County already gives its employees three hours of paid leave to vote, but that isn’t always enough time, especially for those who live outside the county.

The percentage of St. Louis County residents testing positive for the coronavirus and hospital admissions are decreasing, County Executive Sam Page said. That indicates that for now at least, a widespread public mandate is no longer needed, he said.