St. Louis Board of Aldermen

The resolution allows the order from health director Frederick Echols to remain in place longer than 30 days.

The city's top fiscal body failed Friday to approve a proposed $168 million spending plan ahead of a summer recess at the Board of Aldermen.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen gave initial approval to a coronavirus relief bill that lays out how to spend the first wave of the latest round of federal aid.

Mayor Tishaura Jones outlined her priorities for the first $80 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act funding.

A draft plan called for a June 11 return, but concerns about the pandemic, and mold in the aldermanic offices, could push that back to fall.

An Ohio state senator went viral last week after he was caught on camera driving during a Zoom debate on penalties for — you guessed it — distracted driving. But Andrew Brenner is hardly an outlier: Numerous elected officials, including St. Louis aldermen, have been spotted driving while participating in virtual public meetings.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones took her oath of office on Tuesday, promising to transform a city that's long struggled with a vexing racial divide and economic decline.

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.

With a new mayor incoming in St. Louis, progressives have announced their intention to "flip the board" to create a new progressive majority on the Board of Aldermen. Candidates Anne Schweitzer and Shedrick Kelley discussed the effort on St. Louis on the Air, with analysis from Rachel Lippmann.

A nonbinding referendum on closing the north St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse will not be on the April ballot after Mayor Lyda Krewson failed to take action in time.