Board of Estimate and Apportionment

The budget generated little contention, but the bill that would provide legal counsel to tenants facing eviction prompted debate.

The city’s top fiscal policy board, Estimate and Apportionment, will take public comment on the budget on Friday, then vote Monday on whether to send it to aldermen. They will have until July 1 to make changes, though any spending increases in one area must be balanced out by cuts in another.

Updated at 1 p.m., June 18, with committee budget voteThe St. Louis Board of Aldermen committee responsible for overseeing the city’s finances voted…

St. Louis lawmakers will have to make up at least a $40 million gap in the budget for fiscal 2021.The spending plan presented Wednesday to Mayor Lyda…

It’s definitive. St. Louis Lambert International Airport will not have a private operator. Members of the St. Louis Board of Estimate and Apportionment…

The St. Louis Board of Estimate and Apportionment quickly passed a measure to refinance bonds for the city’s airport on Tuesday.The 15-minute meeting…

St. Louis’ top elected officials said Wednesday they support a company’s offer to supply free body camera for police officers. But it’s not a sure thing…

The demise of a publicly funded soccer stadium could mean the St. Louis Police Department sees more taxpayer money. When voters approved a half-cent sales…

St. Louis aldermen began working Wednesday morning on the $1.04 billion spending plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.The budget has very few major…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 20, 2013: After months of quiet, St. Louis may be on the brink of signing a contract to make…