ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis is poised to spend $33 million in federal coronavirus relief funds on business development. The mayor and another powerful official have temporarily dropped their objections to a spending plan from the president of the city’s Board of Aldermen. Mayor Tishaura Jones, Comptroller Darlene Green and Board of Alderman President…
St. Louis, MO (KTRS) St. Louis Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed says funds from a recently discovered budget surplus should be used to purchase body cameras for city police officers. The $23-million surplus was discovered by city leaders in the year-end budget. While an ordinance requires that half of that money go to the…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has been fined $10,950 for failing to report eight campaign contributions during his unsuccessful bid for mayor in 2017. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Monday that under an agreement with the Missouri Ethics Commission, Lewis Reed can pay regulators $1,095 to…