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Despite candidate guides that circulated on social media, results in St. Louis region school board races didn’t point to one clear ideological trend.
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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.
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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.
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Over 2,300 households have been evicted in St. Louis and St. Louis County since the beginning of the pandemic. Some people have received rental aid from federal programs, but city and county officials say if not for eviction moratoriums and rental assistance programs, more people would have lost their homes.
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The BA.2 subvariant is about 30% more transmissible than the original omicron variant and is fueling a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in Europe.
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Safer, Simpler St. Louis County says the number of different codes in use in the region is confusing for contractors and can present a safety hazard for residents.
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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.
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Cora Faith Walker, chief policy officer for St. Louis County and a former state representative, has died. She was 37. Walker joined County Executive Sam Page’s administration in 2019 as chief policy officer. The Ferguson Democrat previously represented Missouri’s 74th District.
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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.
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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.