Kavahn Mansouri
Economic Development ReporterKavahn Mansouri covers economic development, housing and business at St. Louis Public Radio.
He joined the station after working as an investigative reporter for NPR’s Midwest Newsroom for 3.5 years. There, he investigated housing, policing, immigration and more as a founding member of the NPR regional hub. Before that, he was a Government Accountability Reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat and a general assignment reporter at the Washington Missourian.
A native of St. Louis, Mansouri graduated from Webster University in 2016. He started reporting at 15 years old, working on the high school newspaper at Rockwood Summit. In his free time, he enjoys tabletop gaming and exploring St. Louis with his wife, Megan.
You can reach him via email at kmansouri@stlpr.org or on Bluesky.
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The St. Louis Board of Aldermen reconsidered a bill that extends a blighting determination from the 2000s on the Cortex district in the Central West End. -
Mayor Cara Spencer and other officials announced a “historic” investment of $14 million to bolster winter sheltering, with the expectation that people displaced by the May 16 tornado will increase the need. -
City officials say only $4 million of the $30 million of Rams settlement funds allocated toward tornado relief has been spent due to bureaucratic issues. Residents and city leaders urged staff to expedite the process. -
The Neighborhood Plan Implementation grants will fund projects across the city in neighborhoods like Skinker DeBaliviere, Jeff-Vander-Lou and Downtown. -
St. Louis’ Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority approved a security contract worth thousands to secure the Railway Exchange building downtown, but plans for the building have stalled. -
St. Louis community development officials say the city will need to be more strategic about how it awards community development block grants as funding from the federal government becomes harder to predict. -
Ahead of the monument’s 60th anniversary, historians are taking note of the Gateway Arch's part in the fight for civil rights in the U.S. -
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen said no to a bill to extend a blight determination on the Cortex Innovation District, marking an end to nearly two decades in the area. -
A recent forecast from the St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve reported a "slightly pessimistic” economic outlook. -
President Donald Trump’s Department of Energy eliminated a $197 million grant for the plant. -
As officials in Missouri and St. Louis try to attract data center proposals from companies, pushback grows in communities where the projects are planned. One expert says the economic benefit isn’t crystal clear. -
As pushback grows over a potential data center project in Midtown St. Louis, residents say they worry about the development’s environmental impact and if it would cause their electricity bills to rise.
