An amendment added by Ward 21 Alderman John Collins-Muhammad included $5M in direct cash payments Author: Alex Fees (KSDK), Sam Clancy Published: 8:02 PM CDT July 13, 2021 Updated: 9:21 PM CDT July 13, 2021
ST. LOUIS The St. Louis Board of Aldermen Tuesday advanced the city’s COVID-19 relief package funding.
On Tuesday night, the board gave initial approval to Board Bill 2, the American Recovery Act funding bill, putting it one vote away from final passage.
Mayor Tishaura Jones wanted $5 million, a relatively small portion of the funding, to go to up to 10,000 families who qualify for assistance. Aldermanic President Lewis Reed pushed back on the idea in his initial plan, but the bill that passed Tuesday included an amendment for direct payments.
Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed requesting unspent city funds to be used to extend Rental and Mortgage Assistance through July
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Mayor Tishaura Jones (at left) and Kayla Reed (at right) observed jail conditions at the Medium Security Institution and City Justice Center on Saturday.
Kayla Reed remains steadfast on closing the Medium Security Institution, commonly known as the Workhouse, and moving forward with criminal justice reform in St. Louis. For years, she protested to close the Workhouse and worked to convince area politicians that funds from servicing the Workhouse would be a better fit for community investment.
This past weekend, Reed and St. Louis leaders
Black St. Louis officers react to plan to cut 150 vacancies
The Ethical Society of Police issued a statement regarding recent discussion among city leaders to eliminate positions that have been vacant for years Author: Christine Byers (KSDK) Updated: 9:19 AM CDT April 29, 2021
ST. LOUIS The membership for Black police officers in St. Louis has expressed concerns about Mayor Tishaura Jones’ support of an idea to cut 150 vacant police officer positions from the budget.
The Ethical Society of Police wrote, in part: “St. Louis City has a ‘right now problem’ relative to violent crime, so any measure that does not include adequate police staffing is misguided. The imbalance between the number of calls for service in the busiest districts to the number of officers assigned leaves little time for proactive patrols and community building.”