Four years after its founding, St. Louis’ Office of Violence Prevention is still working to address the causes of violence before it happens. But the office now faces a crossroads under its newly appointed director, Marvin Teer Jr. The office relies on fu... See more
What a lawyer says during a media interview can have consequences at trial. An attorney in St. Louis learned that lesson after a comment on St. Louis on the Air contributed to a city judge declaring a mistrial in a high-profile trial last week. On this mo... See more
Around 70 lawsuits against the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department face delays and confusion amid a yearlong legal battle between lawyers for the state and the City of St. Louis. The situation has entangled several notable cases of wrongful convictio... See more
The concept of economic mobility has its roots in the promise of an “American dream.” But, for economists, that promise is difficult to quantify — and when researchers study decades of income data, a more practical question is triggered: What does it take... See more
In St. Louis, centuries of plumbing run beneath the ground, delivering water through miles of pipes before it reaches homes in 113,000 service lines. It wasn’t until 1983 that installing lead service lines became illegal. A vast number remain active in pa... See more
