Better Together

The Maplewood Democrat has represented the council's 5th District since 2019.

Almost exactly two years after County Executive Steve Stenger's indictment, the region has a new set of leaders. What should be on their agenda? "St. Louis on Air" discusses the local to-do list with Anita Manion of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

Better Together was supposed to merge St. Louis and St. Louis County through a statewide initiative, but backers withdrew their proposal last spring after…

Better Together, the plan to merge St. Louis and St. Louis County through a statewide initiative, withdrew its proposal this past spring. In its place…

With the Better Together proposal that had sought to consolidate much of St. Louis City and County government now no longer up for consideration, what’s…

St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson used the first State of the City address in recent memory to continue her advocacy for a city-county merger.But with the…

After a week that featured titanic battles over high-profile legislation, Missouri lawmakers are heading into the final day with a lot on their plate.The…

Alderman Jack Coatar joins St. Louis Public Radio’s Rachel Lippmann and Jason Rosenbaum in talking about what to expect in the next few months at the St.…

The Better Together plan to merge St. Louis and St. Louis County was polarizing, but there was one aspect that many acknowledged would have been a big win…

The St. Louis County Council wants state Auditor Nicole Galloway to look into county government in the wake of Steve Stenger’s guilty plea on federal…