Metropolitan Congregations United

The Rev. Rodrick Burton (left) and air quality monitoring researchers assess New Northside Missionary Baptist Church for a space to install air quality monitors, which will measure high levels of pollution in the area.

St. Louis environmentalists to check for air pollution in communities of color

Andrea Y. Henderson

Metropolitan Congregations United and engineering researchers at the Washington University are working with several churches in north and south St. Louis to measure air quality in areas with high amounts of pollution.

If approved by state regulators, the rate hike would increase Ameren Missouri's annual revenue by more than $300 million.

Health, Science & Environment

Utility rates could increase for more than 1 million Missouri customers next year

Shahla Farzan

The rate increase would boost Ameren Missouri's yearly revenue by $300 million and help finance clean energy projects. But advocates argue that rate increases will put struggling families at risk of utility disconnection and homelessness.

MCU's Dietra Wise Baker talks during a workshop on the problems in the juvenile justice system in Missouri on May 14, 2016.

Education

Parents, advocates call for clear district policies for reporting school incidents to police

St. Louisans working to reform school discipline and the juvenile justice system say they are pushing for clear district policies in response to…

Education

Rumors aside, school fights could already result in felony charges in Missouri

Warnings issued by two St. Louis County school districts Thursday sparked a flurry of concern that students who fight in school will be charged with a…

Normandy Superintendent Charles Pearson agreed to a list of principles to reduce suspensions on Saturday, May 23, 2015.

Education

3 St. Louis County districts pledge to ban suspensions in early grades

Updated Nov. 14 9:45 a.m. with results of the assembly — By the 2018-2019 school year at least four school districts in the St. Louis area could have…

Government, Politics & Issues

'These systems are connected': MCU calls for change in school discipline, juvenile courts

Metropolitan Congregations United is calling for police, school and juvenile court reform in St. Louis to reduce the disproportionate number of black…

House Minority Leader Jake Hummel, D-St. Louis, and Rep. John Rizzo, D-Kansas City, meet the press after the House adjourned for the year in May. Both men voted to dissolve foreclosure mediation ordinances in 2013.

Government, Politics & Issues

On the Trail: Missouri lawmakers' rocky relationship with 'local control'

Jason Rosenbaum

Republicans aren’t often compared to Russian communists. But that’s what happened recently after GOP members of the Missouri House helped pass legislation…

Education

Students call for fewer out-of-school-suspensions in St. Louis

High school students with Metropolitan Congregations United are calling for a reduction in out-of-school suspensions in area schools. They presented data…

Normandy parents and community members discuss an update on Normandy Schools Saturday March, 14, 2015.

Education

Groups rally for Normandy schools, call for tuition cap on transfers

Editor's note: HB 42 in its current form has been amended to reduce tuition using a formula instead of capping it at 70 percent of the receiving…

Arts

Congregations Make Conversations About Race A Priority

Martin Luther King once said that "it is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is 11 o'clock on Sunday morning."Rev. Dietra Wise…