Shonte Miller served on the East St. Louis Housing Authority Board of Commissioners ... “You want to go to war? I’ll tell the mayor Nick’s ready to go,” the lawsuit alleged.

Federal and state governments on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against the city of East St. Louis, accusing it of allowing untreated sewage to spill from its infrastructure despite two orders ...

New East St. Louis Mayor Emeka Jackson-Hicks is making all the city department heads reapply for their positions, and maybe that’s to show she’s serious about cleaning up City Hall.

According to our reporting partners at the St. Louis Post Dispatch, the mayor’s office says the 3% salary raise for other city employees is aimed at retaining workers and filling vacancies.

ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis alderwoman is proposing a significant shift in the city’s governance, a plan that would strip the mayor of power in favor of a city administrator. Daniela Velázquez ...

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is headed to Washington, D.C., Thursday for a three-day trip that involves U.S. Conference of Mayors and campaign events. St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is headed to ...

Jones faces a myriad of challenges as she works to reform her home city, but the main obstacle in getting St. Louis to buy into her vision will be anxiety over the city’s skyrocketing crime rate.