Todd Swanstrom

The University of Missouri-St. Louis’ Community Innovation and Action Center and its partners will begin studying home repair needs of older St. Louis homeowners in January with a grant from the RRF Foundation for Aging.

The Better Together plan to merge St. Louis and St. Louis County was polarizing, but there was one aspect that many acknowledged would have been a big win…

Since its inception, the Ferguson Commission faced doubters wondering whether a group of gubernatorial appointees could heal decades-long divides…

What happened in Ferguson following the shooting death of Michael Brown and the ensuing protests has garnered worldwide attention.Robin Hambleton works at…

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…

Jeniece Andrews invested her life savings — and her family’s money — into an upscale boutique in Ferguson called Hidden Treasures. Attached to a Little…

When Better Together formed last year, it was already planning to examine how the region polices itself — especially because St. Louis County has so many…

Chesterfield received plenty of attention recently when it snagged two high-profile festivals away from the city of St. Louis. But the hubbub over the…

Updated Monday, March 3, 2014 to include audio from St. Louis on the Air.Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar remembers a time when his home city was described…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 22, 2013 - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is pressing the city of St. Louis…