Kavahn Mansouri
Economic Development ReporterKavahn Mansouri covers economic development, housing and business at St. Louis Public Radio.
He joined the station after working as an investigative reporter for NPR’s Midwest Newsroom for 3.5 years. There, he investigated housing, policing, immigration and more as a founding member of the NPR regional hub. Before that, he was a Government Accountability Reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat and a general assignment reporter at the Washington Missourian.
A native of St. Louis, Mansouri graduated from Webster University in 2016. He started reporting at 15 years old, working on the high school newspaper at Rockwood Summit. In his free time, he enjoys tabletop gaming and exploring St. Louis with his wife, Megan.
You can reach him via email at kmansouri@stlpr.org or on Bluesky.
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The St. Louis Port Authority Commission approved a measure to create a taxing district that will put the Jefferson Arms redevelopment in Downtown West on track to have the highest sales tax rate in the city after previously expressing trepidation over the project. -
Mayor Cara Spencer says she supports a temporary pause on data center development in the city but not a full ban. The St. Louis Planning Commission voted Wednesday night to urge the city’s Board of Aldermen to enact a temporary moratorium on new data center development in an effort to give the city time to create rules for future projects. -
In a new memo, a St. Louis official proposed a temporary ban on new data centers, much like one that was recently enacted in St. Charles. -
In an effort to reverse population decline and attract new development, St. Louis City officials kicked off an 18-month plan to overhaul the city's zoning code that dates back to the 1950s. Officials say red tape and bureaucracy are stifling development. -
St. Charles officials signed nondisclosure agreements as they considered a proposed data center project in their city. The agreements were with a company with links to Google. -
Dorian Johnson died of injuries sustained during a shooting Sunday morning on Abaco Court, less than a mile from where a police officer killed Michael Brown in 2014. -
Kea Point Solutions, founded by a project manager who worked on the National Geospatial Agency campus project, said it sees opportunity in tornado-impacted areas. -
A ruling from the Missouri Public Service Commission will allow Spire to raise its monthly gas rates by 10% starting in October. -
Demolition crews knocked down a problem property in the Castlepoint area, the first of more than 200 that St. Louis County officials have marked for teardown. The $11 million project aims to greatly reduce the number of abandoned, dangerous properties in north county neighborhoods. -
Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick’s office released an audit Wednesday criticizing St. Louis County’s process for choosing which projects get Rams settlement funds, while also noting the authority that oversees the Dome lacks funding to maintain the building. -
Mayor Cara Spencer asked FEMA officials Friday to consider a 30-day extension to allow more people to apply for emergency funds in the wake of the May 16 tornado that ripped through St. Louis. -
We walked and drove the storm’s path from Clayton to the Mississippi and found despair in some neighborhoods and others nearly fully recovered.
