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The St. Louis Board of Aldermen is expected to vote on a final version of a $168 million pandemic relief bill Friday. This would be the first of several bills to allocate aid from the federal government aimed to help cities recover from the coronavirus pandemic.
After a 12-hour discussion, the St. Louis Board of Aldermen gave initial approval to a $168 million pandemic aid plan that includes money for one-time cash payments to low-income residents and vaccine incentives.
It lays out how the city will spend the first wave of federal coronavirus relief money granted through the American Rescue Plan Act. St. Louis will get nearly a half-billion dollars over the next two years, including $249 million
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.
April 8, 2021
By Lawrence Banton
Tishaura Jones, currently treasurer of St. Louis, Missouri, defeated Alderman Cara Spencer in Tuesday s mayoral race with more than 50 percent of the vote. The mayor-elect told Cheddar that her first priorities will be to continue mass vaccination efforts and to address the persistent public safety issue that plagues the city. St. Louis, unfortunately, just had its most violent year on record in 2020 with over 260 murders by gun violence, and also, we are tops in the nation per capita for police-involved shootings, and so we need to totally transform our public safety department, declare gun violence as a public health crisis, which addresses the root causes, and brings everyone to the table, Jones said.
St. Louis’ first-ever female mayor will be replaced by another woman, after city Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Alderwoman Cara Spencer on Tuesday bested two men in a new primary election
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