The St. Louis Board of Education voted to cancel its participation in the College Kids Savings Account program — a signature program for Mayor Tishaura Jones during her time as city treasurer.
Eviction filings have always come fast and cheap in Missouri. Now eviction filings are happening faster than before the pandemic. And in many cases, the same landlords that benefited from federal payments designed to protect tenants are the ones kicking people out.
Service area cuts to St. Louis’ Call-A-Ride are just one of the issues encountered by users, who are people with disabilities for whom fixed-route transit isn’t always an option. They often find themselves struggling with an outdated, unreliable system that leaves them stranded.
“I was ashamed to be the son of a felon, but now I’m free.”
As citizens and activists sound the alarm about radioactive sites in north St. Louis County and St. Charles County and officeholders call for action, a group of city residents is asking: “What about us?”
How would Gloria Gordon start her life story? She wouldn’t make the documentary in the first place. She is unusually self-deprecator. Not in the coy way that begs for contradiction, but because she wants all eyes on the issues, and no individual can tackle them alone.
St. Louis has become a leader in setting new building energy standards. These standards are aimed at reducing carbon emissions, decreasing building operating costs and revitalizing building stock.
Recent extreme floods in St. Louis may have seemed like a “acts of God,” experts say it was only a small snapshot of what’s to come if we don’t take flood risk, and climate change, seriously.
St. Louisans are no strangers to hot, humid weather, but climate change is projected to make summers longer and hotter than ever before, with heat waves becoming more frequent and intense.
The aim of the program, established by former Mayor Tishaura Jones when she was city treasurer: help the city’s public- and charter-school families, especially those from the poorest neighborhoods, save money for college and learn financial literacy. But seven years since the program’s launch, College Kids has failed to attract much philanthropic investment, and almost all accounts remain stuck at strikingly small balances.