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Candidates emerge for Otis Williams job leading St Louis Development Corp

Candidates emerge for Otis Williams job leading St Louis Development Corp
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Cori Bush Says America Is Racist AF, Supports Defunding St Louis Police

Bush, who represents Missouri’s 1st Congressional District which covers St. Louis and nearby suburbs, recently applauded St. Louis Mayor Jones also moved to get rid of 98 currently empty officer positions on the force and will put the funds aside to create affordable housing opportunities, provide resources to those experiencing homelessness, and establish programs for victims.  “For decades, our city funneled more and more money into our police department under the guise of public safety, while massively underinvesting in resources that will truly keep our communities safe,” Bush wrote in a statement. “Previous administrations spent more per capita on policing than all comparable cities, building a police force that is larger than that of any city comparable to St. Louis.” 

Cori Bush Says America Is Racist AF, Supports Defunding St Louis Police

Cori Bush Says America Is Racist AF, Supports Defunding St Louis Police
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Our Call: Tale of three cities and a county on jail cooperation

South County saw two proposals for crossjurisdictional law enforcement cooperation last week, and one shows what to do while the other is a textbook example of what not to do. Crestwood and Sunset Hills are weighing whether to combine 911 dispatching for their police departments, and in an emergency, whether Crestwood could house holdover jailees at the Sunset Hills department. Although the details were set to be discussed at meetings in both cities after press time, on its face this proposal seems to show exactly what can be gained through cooperation: Taxpayer savings and better services. But then you have St. Louis County and the city of St. Louis. On new St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones’ first day in office last week, she said she would be closing the original city jail, the Workhouse. On her third day, since the city does not have enough room for the Workhouse inmates in its other jail, Jones said among other options, the city inmates could be housed in the St. Louis County J

For The Rev Michelle Higgins, Activism And Pastoral Care Go Hand In Hand

Published April 21, 2021 at 3:40 PM CDT Listen • 19:08 / In addition to her role as senior pastor at Saint John’s Church (the Beloved Community), the Rev. Michelle Higgins is a co-founder and chair of Action St. Louis, a director and founding member of Faith for Justice and a member of the Movement for Black Lives. For the Rev. Michelle Higgins, pastoral work shares deep ties with social justice activism. “Jesus calls us to care about the physical,” said Higgins, who is the first Black woman to permanently lead the congregation at Saint John’s Church (the Beloved Community) in north St. Louis.

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