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The Missouri State Board of Education has voted to drop St. Louis Public Schools to provisional accreditation after the district failed to submit its annual audit on time. stlpr.org/education/2026…

The Case Doctors dissect the Taylor Swift ticket case in the latest episode available now on YouTube and here: simonlawpc.com/shows/the-case…

Very very important reporting from ⁦Mark Maxwell⁩ here. St. Louis says it cleared 84% of murders. The fine print tells a different story. | ksdk.com ksdk.com/article/news/l…

What could STL learn from cities that actually fixed big problems? We’re excited to have Charlie Brennan (Charlie Brennan) joining SLBJ as a contributor. His first column will look at real solutions—for litter, drunk driving and homelessness—drawing on best practices elsewhere

The new Meet Me podcast by St. Louis Public Radio is fantastic! Just heard debut episode. An absolute MUST listen for anyone living in the St. Louis region to learn why and how the Great Divorce shapes so much of this region. Bravo.

There are very real – and serious – real-world effects tied to the bottoming out of downtown. Take Peabody Plaza for example. Its property tax bill has fallen 39% since 2019. Overall, assessed value for the largest office buildings has fallen 20%.

Please read. Please act. Please contact your representatives and tell them to protect this vital funding. My son and countless others depend on it. Missouri families worry proposed $80.7M cut will hobble disability care programs | STLPR stlpr.org/health-science…

Time to tell the governor how you feel. Families, caregivers plead with Missouri lawmakers to reverse governor’s disability cuts • Missouri Independent missouriindependent.com/2026/02/13/fam…

Thank you Sen. Brian Williams. mailchi.mp/6e8836c58365/b…

You know the Missouri auditor is conducting an audit of the Regional Arts Commission, which is run with hotel-motel tax money. Now, SLBJ reports that he wants more information about a RAC grant that in 2023 went to Bold Moves Worldwide, owned by motivational speaker Koran Bolden

“The City of St. Louis has paid Graville Law Firm over $310,000 in the 2026 fiscal year.” stlmag.com/news/chris-gra…

Proud of Henry and our school that supports all of our young men!

A must watch to the end. St. Louis police board moved $3M out of its facilities fund to buy Tasers 6 weeks before staging a press conference to argue they need a bigger maintenance budget. ksdk.com/mobile/article…

Days before the state and Sam Page agreed to put off his criminal trial, the attorney general sought to get permission to have an FBI agent testify at that trial. A spokeswoman for Page's defense team said the witnesses "are irrelevant to this case."

In the state criminal case against County Executive Sam Page, the attorney general wants a confirmed FBI agent to testify. A law professor says he assumes that means there is a federal investigation, and that the FBI personnel "know something." 🧵

Eight states are suing to block the $6.2 billion Nexstar-TEGNA merger, arguing it would give one company control of 256 TV stations, potentially raising cable prices and shrinking local newsrooms. The companies argue the deal helps local TV stations better compete with Big Tech.

Northwoods police brutality victim sues city as ex-officer faces 30-year sentence | ksdk.com ksdk.com/article/news/l…

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