St. Louis Board of Aldermen

Owners of electric vehicles who live in or travel to St. Louis may soon find more places where they can charge their cars. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen earlier this month gave first-round approval to requirements for installing electric vehicle charging stations. A final vote could come Friday, and Mayor Lyda Krewson is expected to sign the measure.

St. Louis Board of Aldermen approved a bill to place ward reversal reduction in the hands of voters as well as a nonbinding referendum to close the north St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse.

The board’s public safety committee voted 6-1 Tuesday to endorse a three-year contract with Ohio-based Persistent Surveillance Systems. The company’s planes fly at low altitude taking photos of the city, which investigators can use to track the movement of people or cars leaving the scene of crimes. That information can be paired with ground-level cameras to identify witnesses or suspects.

In an effort to elect candidates with a broader base of support, a group called STL Approves is backing Proposition D, which is on the ballot Nov. 3. It would make the mayor, comptroller, board president and aldermen nonpartisan offices. Voters could select as many candidates as they want in March, a method of holding elections known as approval voting. The top two candidates would run against each other in April.

The head of St. Louis’ corrections department is warning that closing the north St. Louis jail known as the Workhouse could cause overcrowding at the city’s other jail downtown.

Former south St. Louis Alderman Larry Arnowitz was sentenced Friday to one year in prison, followed by six months of home confinement, for using campaign donations for personal expenses.

St. Louis Alderwoman Dwinderlin Evans, D-4th Ward, talks about her transition from being an education to committeewoman to alderwoman.

Popular delivery apps such as UberEats, GrubHub and DoorDash might soon be more transparent about restaurant fees and driver pay for orders in St.…

St. Louis voters will decide whether to let most city employees live outside its boundaries.The Board of Aldermen voted 22-4 Wednesday to put the current…

In 2018, a powerhouse trio of nonprofits and activist groups set off on an unlikely quest: They wanted to close the city’s notorious Medium Security…