2007

A woman tried to jump from the second floor rotunda of City Hall today. City Marshals would not comment on the record, but witnesses tell PubDef the woman, an employee in one of St. Louis’…

Freshman alderman Kacie Starr Triplett will tackle one of the city’s most persistent issuestonight as she hosts a forum on homelessness in the downtown portion of her ward. Triplett has invited representatives from the Department…

The opponents of the takeover of St. Louis Public Schools are having another fundraising concert tomorrow to raise money to fund their legal fight. The benefit concert for the “Save Our Children’s Education Fund” will…

School District attorneys will be in the Cole County Courthouse Wednesday making the case that the State Board of Education acted outside of the law when it voted to strip St. Louis Public Schools of…

The winner of our Friday Photo Caption Contest is “Ariel” for the caption below. Congratulations, Ariel. Email me so that I can get you your special prize. “It’s my moral compass. Never been used. I…

By a unanimous vote yesterday, a State Senate committee approved House Bill 1, the economic development package which includes the controversial Distressed Area Land Assemblage Tax Credit. The committee also passed two amendments to address…

From the Comptroller’s Office… The 2007 fiscal year ended June 30 revealing a $2.98 million general fund budget surplus. Comptroller Darlene Green attributed the surplus to some higher than estimated revenue source receipts and allocated…

From a report Tuesday by Fox 2 reporter Paul Schankman: From 2001 to 2006, the average number of households on food stamps in the city of St. Louis went up 35%. In St. Louis County,…

The full body of the 28th Ward Democrats voted tonight to endorse Lewis Reed for President of the Board of Aldermen. The vote was 36 for Reed, 26 for incumbent Jim Shrewsbury, and 1 abstention.…