Kirkwood renews contract with tech company despite questions about its role in $15.6M deficit
The council’s failure to get regular financial reports has been blamed on difficulties in implementing Tyler Technologies’ system.
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St. Louis ICE agents are using texts to bring in and detain immigrants
The agency’s text message gambit has allegedly occurred in at least 14 cities across the U.S.
At Red Cross shelter, tornado survivors find uncertainty, noise—and camaraderie
The shelter at Refresh Community Church offers a place to rest, for now.
North City tornado survivors ride out the rain, waiting for a solution
But the volunteer response, an Action St. Louis board member says, has been “enormous and beautiful.”
“I’m still here”: North City residents survived tornado but face tough road ahead
More than 36,000 people are without power, with another storm predicted for Monday night.
‘I was gutted,’ says SLU professor who lost $349K federal grant
NEH also axed grants to WashU and the Missouri Historical Society as it pivots to “supporting the White House agenda”
Coldwater Creek’s former neighbors wait for federal action
They believe radioactive contamination in the creek caused their cancer. Federal legislation would compensate them for their suffering.
Federal workers in St. Louis fight to keep their jobs
The American Federation of Government Employees has mobilized workers to push back against the Trump administration’s planned cuts.
Missouri Dreamers who grabbed DACA’s lifeline brace for Trump
More than 3,000 undocumented Missourians are in a federal program allowing them to work and go to school. They’re preparing for an immigration crackdown.
A former St. Louis teacher is helping lead a coalition pushing back on book bans
Heather Fleming has also led volunteers to Jefferson City to oppose bills targeting the ways race, gender, and history are taught in Missouri classrooms.
35 St. Louisans working to build equity across the region
How the community is helping address a range of needs, from early childhood education to entrepreneurship, policy to policing, housing to hunger