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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Several members of the commission expressed trepidation over creating a port improvement district on behalf of the nearly completed Alterra Worldwide development at 415 N. Tucker Blvd. -
The collapse of a sewer line caused a nearly 15-foot hole to open on Olive Street in front of the restaurant. -
Carol Mayorga was detained in April during an immigration check-in at the ICE office in St. Louis. But on Wednesday, the beloved pancake house waitress is walking free from the Greene County Jail. -
A Kennett, Missouri, woman went to St. Louis last month for what she thought was a routine meeting with immigration officials to renew her immigration documents. Instead, they shackled her and are now trying to deport her to Hong Kong. -
Lucy Garzón lo arriesgó todo para mantener a sus hijos a salvo, pero terminó perdiendo a un hijo en el país que esperaba lo protegiera. -
Lucy Garzón risked everything to keep her children safe, then ended up losing a son to the very country she hoped would protect him.
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Each year, volunteers venture out nationwide on a single night for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s point-in-time count in an effort to tally the country’s homeless population. Rural volunteers say they rely on the count to aid their unhoused populations. Meanwhile, experts say HUD may be undercounting. -
St. Louis Public Radio obtained credit card statements from former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett that are at the center of a new district investigation. -
States had until the end of September to distribute federal rescue funds to school districts to help students struggling with housing get equal access to education. Barring extensions, most states will leave money on the table — including several in the Midwest. -
Republicans won all the statewide offices up for election Tuesday including attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and lieutenant governor. -
The Midwest Newsroom and its partners found that homeless students eligible for enrollment, transportation and academic support in most rural school districts are not getting these services because the districts are undercounting students without stable housing and not applying for available funds. -
Owners of one of St. Louis’ and Kansas City’s highest-profile development firms face federal fraud charges in an alleged scheme that officials say defrauded a St. Louis city minority and women’s owned business program.
