Domestic Partnership

St. Louis firefighters check an adjoining building during a five-alarm fire in downtown St. Louis on Dec. 8, 2011. The six story, vacant building is a complete loss as 125 firefighters fought the stubborn blaze for five hours.

Slay wants domestic partner benefits for firefighters

Rachel Lippmann

An effort by St. Louis mayor Francis Slay to get the spiraling cost of firefighter pensions under control also allow the same sex-partners of city…

UM system president urges vote on domestic partner benefits

The new president of the University of Missouri system wants curators to soon decide whether to offer domestic partner benefits to campus workers.The…

University City opens domestic partnership registry to same-sex couples

As of today, same-sex couples living in University City can receive a domestic partnership license from the city clerk's office.The ordinance falls on the…

Government, Politics & Issues

University City addresses domestic partners, Loop concerns

Robert Joiner

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 10, 2011 - Same-sex couples and their supporters rejoiced in the University City Council chamber…