Minority Contracts

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer paused the city's minority- and women-led business enterprise program this week. She said the city is feeling pressure from the federal government to change its diversity programs.

In the past two weeks, Mayor Cara Spencer announced programs to help reconnect electricity, stabilize buildings and make home repairs. The city also hopes to put an additional $3 million in federal block grants to support its healthy home repair program.

Erby was the first Black woman to be a member of the St. Louis County Council — and a political leader after Michael Brown's shooting death in Ferguson.

A former St. Louis County Councilwoman and member of Sam Page’s administration has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the county. Hazel Erby’s suit, filed Friday, accuses Page of firing her as the county’s director of diversity, equity and inclusion in August because she told Page that a contract for a temporary morgue did not have enough participation from minority- or women-owned businesses.

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the St. Louis American.In early April, officials at the St. Louis County Department of Public Health…

The president of the NAACP in the city of St. Louis says former St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger may have violated federal law relating to…

Hiring a chief diversity officer was a key recommendation of the recent disparity study commissioned by St. Louis County.Jack L. Thomas Jr., a veteran of…

St. Louis Alderman Jeffrey Boyd, Ward 22, wants city residents, women and people of color to have a fair shot at city construction contracts.Boyd and…

Updated Jan. 26 with more details from MSD's research — The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District announced Thursday that it has made strides in hiring…

The financing package for part of Paul McKee's massive Northside Regeneration Project has gotten the first of two rounds of approval from the St. Louis…