City Politics

On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, Megan Green, 15th Ward St. Louis alderwoman, talks about being asked by the mayor to run for board president, setting a new tone at the board and getting it ready to be a body of 14, rather than 28.

Glendale City Administrator Benjamin DeClue says St. Louis and St. Louis County should adopt a council-manager form of government to avoid corruption.

In 2017, Lyda Krewson was elected the city’s top executive, making her the first woman to win the job. Four years later, she’s set to retire, marking an end to 24 years of public service.

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

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 7, 2012 - The state Democratic Party is intervening in St. Louis' increasingly combative -- and…

On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, we did a year-in-review of the top criminal justice and city politics stories in 2017. Joining host Don Marsh for the…

This article first appeared in te St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 27, 2009 - Of the aldermanic contests on Tuesday's primary ballot, none is more packed than the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 5, 2009 - If Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett, D-6th Ward, had answered her telephone late Friday…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 2, 2009 - Only minutes before the filing deadline on Friday, state Sen. Maida Coleman announced…