Pat Kelly

The 2022 ballot item legalizing recreational marijuana allows local governments to levy a 3% tax on sales with voter approval.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is trying to resurrect a more stringent cap on the percentage of traffic fine revenue that St. Louis County…

St. Louis Alderwoman Shameem Clark Hubbard wants the newly created Board of Freeholders to tackle something that’s vexed policymakers for decades —…

St. Louis aldermen have failed to act on Mayor Lyda Krewson's nominations to the Board of Freeholders, casting doubt on the city's ability to have a say…

Ben DeClue wants to be invited to a very exclusive club.The Benton Park resident joined more than 100 people who live in St. Louis in trying to join…

The St. Louis region is about to rekindle a debate over whether to potentially merge St. Louis and St. Louis County.The Municipal League of Metro St.…

The leaders of St. Louis County’s municipalities are trying to jumpstart a process, known as the Board of Freeholders, to get a St. Louis-St. Louis County…

On Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked with backers of two competing approaches to a potential reunification of the St. Louis and St.…

Updated Tuesday, Dec. 12: With the Missouri General Assembly slated to convene in a few weeks, the Municipal League of Metro St. Louis is scrambling in…

In a region as fragmented as St. Louis, there’s one commonality uniting scores of towns and cities: high sales taxes.Sales taxes are anywhere between…