CLAYTON – Kelli Dunaway is seeking the Democratic nomination for St. Louis County Council, District 2. Announced on Friday, Dunaway will be running in the special election to fill the seat previously held by County Executive Sam Page. “With the […]
Page speaks on withdraw of Better Together proposal
CLAYTON – The proposal to merge St. Louis City and St. Louis County by a statewide vote was officially withdrawn on Monday. Last week, Senator Jamilah Nasheed, called for the initiative to be withdrawn with the acknowledgment of Steve Stenger’s […]
Walker shares St. Louis Regional Chamber’s work in legislative session
ST. LOUIS — With only two weeks left in the legislative session, the St. Louis Regional Chamber is standing in a good place, “doing just as well as any other organization,” according to its vice president of government relations, Austin […]
Nasheed calls for withdraw of Better Together ballot initiative
ST. LOUIS – In the last week, the St. Louis region has experienced “turbulence,” with the federal indictment and resignation of County Executive Steve Stenger and the National NAACP’s suspension of St. Louis County NAACP president John Gaskin III. With […]
OPINION: Missouri House of Representatives should not pick winners and losers
By David Bentley This week, the Missouri House of Representatives passed HB1062, a bill that will effectively stop the Grain Belt Express Transmission line project (GBX). While you might not have heard about this project, it was recently approved by […]
County NAACP endorses proposal uniting city and county together
ST. LOUIS – The NAACP St. Louis County Branch issued a conference regarding the recommendations made by the nonprofit organization, Better Together, for a city-county merger on Thursday. Representatives from the nonprofit organization known as Better Together were in attendance […]
Galloway, May, Billings bring in crowd at NWPC-STL galvanizing gutsy women gala
ST. LOUIS – The National Women’s Political Caucus of Metro St. Louis (NWPC-STL) hosted its Galvanizing Gutsy Women for 2020 gala brunch with special guests Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway, Missouri State Senator Karla May and Patrice Billings. There was […]
#StopTheBans Coalition holds rally in St. Louis, fight back against ‘extreme’ abortion bills
ST. LOUIS – New statewide #StopTheBans Coalition held a rally in St. Louis at Planned Parenthood on Thursday evening. Coalition partners including ACLU of Missouri, Gateway Women’s Access Fund, Hope Clinic for Women, NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri, National Council of Jewish-Women-St. […]
MPUA addresses recent approval of Grain Belt Express by PSC
ST. LOUIS – The Missouri Public Utilities Alliance (MPUA) held a press call on Tuesday to discuss the Public Service Commission’s (PSC) unanimous decision in approving the Grain Belt Express (GBX). In 1995, the Association of Electric informed municipalities in […]
New statewide coalition launches ‘Repro Week of Action’
ST. LOUIS – Events across the Show-Me State aim to join Missourians together this week to fight back against the political attacks on access to safe and legal abortion. Beginning Monday, new #StopTheBans Coalition will kick off its “Repro Week […]