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Rachel Lippmann
Justice ReporterRachel Lippmann covers courts, public safety and city politics for St. Louis Public Radio. (She jokingly refers to them as the “nothing ever happens beats.”) She joined the NPR Member station in her hometown in 2008, after spending two years in Lansing covering the Michigan Capitol and various other state political shenanigans for NPR Member stations there. Though she’s a native St. Louisan, part of her heart definitely remains in the Mitten. (And no, she’s not going to tell you where she went to high school.)
Rachel has an undergraduate degree from the Medill School of Journalism, and a master’s in public affairs reporting from the University of Illinois at Springfield. When she’s not busy pursuing the latest scoop, you can find her mentoring her Big Brothers Big Sisters match, hitting the running and biking paths in south St. Louis, catching the latest sporting event on TV, playing with every dog she possibly can, or spending time with the great friends she’s met in more than nine years in this city.
Rachel’s on Twitter @rlippmann. Even with 240 characters, spellings are still phonetic.
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While the results of the elections are unlikely to change the political balance of power on the St. Louis County Council, the outcomes could play a major role in the dynamics of the council and the working relationship between the council and the county executive.
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A shelter has been set up at Trinity Lutheran Church, and the American Red Cross has been activated.
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The proposal would levy a 3% fee on the price of a short-term rental. The revenue would go toward affordable housing.
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The extended time to apply for refunds from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 tax years is part of a deal that settled a lawsuit over the city’s decision to not issue refunds for remote work during the pandemic.
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The survey is sent to most people who call 911 within six hours. The department previously mailed postcards once a year, a method that had a response rate of just 10%.
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In addition to passing the budget for fiscal 2025, aldermen also teed up several major policy proposals for passage before they go on their shortened summer recess.
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The 12-member task force has been instructed to study how the city currently raises money, how sustainable those sources are and other potential revenue streams.
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The establishment of the refund process settles a lawsuit brought by six nonresident employees of companies based in St. Louis. The Missouri Court of Appeals had recently ruled they were eligible for refunds.
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The police department has struggled to solve homicides, partly due to shoddy detective work, staffing shortages and eroding community trust.
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These St. Louis families have been waiting for years in hopes of getting answers after their loved ones were killed. While parents, siblings and others say police seem to have forgotten them — they have not.
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The city’s homicide unit has dealt with short staffing, long hours and a ballooning DNA backlog.
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Several officers in the homicide unit faced internal complaints that they slept on the job, failed to get key evidence and lied to superiors.