Cara Spencer

The city’s charter has required most full-time employees to live in the city since 1914. Voters rejected an effort to lift that requirement in 2020.

The legislation tries to address the proliferation of teenagers openly carrying guns downtown.

The ordinance would stop the open carry of firearms without a concealed carry permit. A similar proposal, which would have barred minors from carrying a firearm in public without adult supervision, failed to gain ground in the state legislature this year.

After 7 years, Tishaura Jones' signature college savings account program has limited buy-in and an average account stuck at $73.

Aldermen also discussed a bill to prohibit the open carry of firearms, which has encountered several challenges this week.

There could be consequences for people who openly display a gun and don’t have a concealed carry permit, such as a fine of at least $500 and up to 30 days in jail.

Buildings across St. Louis of 50,000 square feet or more must comply with new energy guidelines — or face fines of up to $500 a day beginning in 2025.

Tishaura Jones' landmark mayoral win ushers in a new era for St. Louis politics.

St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones beat Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, on Tuesday to become the city’s first Black woman mayor.

St. Louis voters will also decide races for mayor, aldermanic elections in 16 of the city’s 28 wards, whether again to retain the earnings tax and six ballot issues addressing the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District borrowing $500 million to improve wastewater service and changes to the utility’s charter. St. Louis County voters will also weigh in on MSD.