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St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson is asking a city board to approve $600,000 in federal pandemic-relief funds to build 50 tiny houses for homeless people.
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The St. Louis region could see renewed government restrictions to stop the spread of the coronavirus if the number of new cases doesn’t go down within a week, St. Louis and St. Louis County leaders said Monday.
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A new program being launched in the city of St. Louis called Cops & Clinicians will have mental health specialists responding to some 911 calls. With training underway soon, officials hope to have the program in operation by year’s end.
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Tishaura Jones was one of seven people who ran in the Democratic primary in 2017 to replace Mayor Francis Slay, who elected not to run for a fifth term. She came in a close second to current Mayor Lyda Krewson, losing by fewer than 900 votes.
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People in St. Louis and St. Louis County need to comply with orders to wear masks, said Dr. Alex Garza, head of the St. Louis Metropolitan Pandemic Task Force. But those in surrounding counties also should use them, he said.
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Proposition 1 would eliminate a residency requirement that’s been in the charter since 1914, although rules around employees living in the city have reportedly existed since the 19th century. If it gets the 60% needed, all employees except elected officials and high-level appointees such as cabinet members would be able to live where they want.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says new legislation lifting the residency requirement for St. Louis’ public safety workers will keep the city safer. The bill was one of two the Legislature approved during a special session on violent crime. It officially took effect Sept. 21, but Parson came to St. Louis for a ceremonial signing Thursday.
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St. Louis officials have imposed new restrictions on businesses to limit the spread of the coronavirus. People across the city continue to test positive for the virus, Mayor Lyda Krewson said.
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Another 50 federal law enforcement agents are coming to St. Louis.“Violent crime in St. Louis is intolerable lately,” U.S. Attorney Jeff Jensen said in making the announcement Thursday. “The long-term solutions, we need to keep striving for those, but policing and law enforcement is also an important part of the solution.”
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Alarmed about a growing number of coronavirus cases, St. Louis County Executive Sam Page and St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson on Monday announced new actions aimed at curbing the rapid spread of the virus in the region.