Tishaura Jones

Some members of the panel, widely known as the RSA, wanted to place much of the $519 million in an account and possibly use interest to fund long-term projects that would help St. Louis and St. Louis County.

Green replaces Lewis Reed, who resigned after pleading guilty to federal corruption charges earlier this year.

The Regional Arts Commission will distribute $10.6 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to St. Louis artists and organizations.

The newly-formed Detention Facilities Oversight Board will continue to review complaints of alleged misconduct in the jails. The board has the power to issue subpoenas to witnesses or production of documents, as well as be granted access to city detention facilities upon request.

The toddler fatally shot himself in the head and is at least the 19th child to die by a gun in St. Louis this year.

A redevelopment project is bringing nearly 700 new housing units to a neighborhood just north of downtown and adjacent to the new NGA campus.

The plan is already targeting development and investment in Dutchtown, the area around the new NGA headquarters, Walnut Park and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

More than 9,100 households in the city received $500 in direct cash assistance as of Aug. 19. Top uses for the funds include food, utilities and gas.

Residents of Ellendale, a west St. Louis neighborhood, asked local, state and federal officials to find a permanent solution to the neighborhood’s persistent flooding problems. After this week’s rainfall, many residents lost their homes and valuables.

Attorney General Eric Schmitt has filed suit, saying the proposal violates a state law banning the use of public funds to assist with abortions, which are illegal in Missouri except to save the life of the mother.