Tishaura Jones

Mayor Tishaura Jones is pushing the board to pass the legislation, which she unveiled in August after a roundtable with survivors of gun violence.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is calling on regional leaders to expand their efforts to provide housing for people experiencing homelessness. Jones' administration has added housing in north St. Louis with $1.2 million in federal coronavirus relief funds.

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.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones says she wants to follow cities that reduced crime by making investments in youth.

St. Louis police said they have one juvenile in custody following the shooting on Washington Avenue near 14th Street early Sunday morning.

The proposed 40% increase, spread out over 2½ years, would be the first water rate hike in St. Louis in more than a decade. City officials say without it, the department will be in a “fiscal crisis” starting July 1.

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

The decision comes after a recent regional crime summit for the St. Louis area. The action by the East-West Gateway Council of Governments passed through a voice vote, with no audible dissent.

The executive order is in response to legislation that limits gender-affirming health care and participation in sports for transgender youth and young adults.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is calling for residents to help with programs to reduce one of the root causes of crime — poverty.