Ferguson Commission

After months of deliberation and debate, the Ferguson Commission produced roughly 200 initial recommendations — an ambitious output for an entity charged…

Henry Biggs, an entrepreneur and former dean at Washington University in St. Louis, had a big goal in mind that involved a 27-mile swim for a good…

A working group studying how to improve municipal courts in St. Louis is specifically recommending that the state Supreme Court force those courts to…

There have been many suggestions on improving policing in our region since the unrest in Ferguson. One of the issues that has come to light is the need…

The Ferguson Commission agreed Monday night by a unanimous vote to adopt a new operating principle that requires its working groups to use a lens of…

Bad news hit St. Louisans this week like a hailstorm. But beyond that blast of mayhem, St. Louis Public Radio reported on some glimmers of progress in the…

When the Ferguson Commission first met last December, its members bore the brunt of pent-up anger and frustration. It was just days after a grand jury…

Closing economic disparities in the St. Louis region is one key to moving past Ferguson.That was the message at a panel discussion Thursday called "Eight…

The St. Louis area is filled with open wounds. That’s how Affton resident Peggy Keilholz put it when she stepped to the microphone during public comment…

Since Michael Brown was shot and killed last year, people within the St. Louis region have been immersed in social and public policy introspection.This…