Jack Coatar

Megan Green will serve the remaining five months of Lewis Reed’s term as president of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen.

Megan Green and Jack Coatar are running to fill the remainder of the term of Lewis Reed. He resigned in June after being indicted on federal corruption charges.

Jack Coatar, currently the 7th Ward St. Louis alderman, talks about his campaign for board president, and what he would want to accomplish during an abbreviated first term.

St. Louis County, city and the sports and convention commission have to figure out how to divide about $500 million.

Aldermen Jack Coatar and James Page discuss problems plaguing downtown St. Louis, Mayor Tishaura Jones’ plans to address them and the state of downtown development on "St. Louis on the Air."

Jack Coatar was worried about an exodus of residents and businesses from downtown St. Louis even before the area began seeing civil unrest and a surge in crime this summer. Now the 7th Ward alderman is hearing people express more and more concerns. In an area that used to bustle with concertgoers, diners and Cardinals fans on many nights, the pandemic-driven vacuum of activity has been filled with something else entirely.

Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden swung through St. Louis on Saturday, telling hundreds of people gathered at Kiener Plaza that he’s the best…

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.…

In a change that lawmakers acknowledged was a long time coming, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has voted to ban lobbyists from the floor of the…

Updated at 5 p.m. Dec. 14 with final passage — The St. Louis Board of Aldermen has authorized borrowing $105 million to upgrade America's Center in…