All four incumbent city council members that supported a $6 billion data center development Festus lost their seat to anti-data center opponents tonight. Story coming tomorrow. 📸: @brianmunoz.bsky.social

This took a ton of research and document delving by @kgrumke.bsky.social. www.stlpr.org/health-scien...

Shiny.

My latest.

Biz leaders in Midtown area are hoping to get a new kind of TIF approved www.stltoday.com/news/local/b...

"Through bold advocacy and cutting-edge litigation, the work of this office has helped make Missouri a more just and decent place."

While a distributor in Belleville says they'll keep distributing Stag kegs, others in the St. Louis region won't be — and a Maplewood bar even had a Stag funeral since it will no longer be carried on tap. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/culture-hist...

NEW: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has told St. Louis it will not pay for most building demolitions the city hoped would be covered. ✍️: @kgrumke.bsky.social and me. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

Trans Kansans are getting letters on the eve of a new state law going into effect informing them that their driver’s licenses will be considered invalid as of TODAY. “Please note that the Legislature did not include a grace period for updating credentials," read the letters mailed Monday.

NEW: Hearing set for data center portion of $3 billion Armory project. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

She's just like me, foreal.

Sunshine requests in City of STL still need reform. @gconnolly314.bsky.social requested data center info from Zoning on Feb 5 & was charged $22.07 for a PARTIAL copy. The same info was requested 11 days later and charged $0 but given FULL public record. Arbitrary and capricious?

Eberechi Eze scored a hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur in November. And he has a brace today. Daylight for Mikel Arteta's Arsenal in the north London derby — they lead 3-1.

Bottle that. #arsenal

NEW: After announcing plans to ramp up repairs to 40-100 homes a month in North City, St. Louis officials in charge of tornado recovery say the city may run out of funds to repair those homes by April or May. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

"You can't regulate a dumpster fire." - Quote of the week from tonight's Planning Commission public hearing on data center zoning rules.

Strong reporting from my colleague, Sarah Fentem.

The report notes: "Many of the [tornado recover programs] struggled to take applications and, up until now, have denied hundreds of applicants. Others launched so long after the tornado hit that many residents STLPR interviewed said they had turned elsewhere for aid or given up entirely."

Important reporting out today from @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social: One tornado-impacted St. Louis resident told him, “I'm not spending my precious time and my precious energy holding out hope for the city … I'm going to reserve that for my neighbors.”

My latest on tornado recovery in North St. Louis. “There's so much red tape, and nobody knows what they're doing... Everybody is falling through the cracks.” www.stlpr.org/government-p...

@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social and @kgrumke.bsky.social continue to do great reporting on data centers in our region. Here’s their latest from today: www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

NEW: St. Louis officials have released a rough draft of zoning rules for data centers. I talked with city planning executive Miriam Keller about the proposed rules. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

NEW: As public pushback against data center proposals in the St. Louis region raged, a nonprofit seeking to grow development in the region took public officials and Ameren on multiple trips to visit hyperscale data centers. From @kgrumke.bsky.social and me. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

Today the @macarthurjustice.bsky.social held a memorial for Honesty Bishop, who @katiereports.bsky.social and I wrote about last year. She would have been 34. Her story is tragic and unbelievable, but her strength led to the end of the very Missouri prison policy that tormented her.

The Bank of Washington valued some Northside Regeneration-owned parcels in North City higher properties in Clayton and Frontenac, according to a letter from SLDC head Otis Williams.

The spinning wheel on STL city's sunshine request portal may actually drive me insane.

The Alton sinkhole has been "dewatered." 📷: 618 Drone Service

The developer behind a proposed data center at the former Armory in Midtown St. Louis has not answered a required 44-question city survey more than three months after receiving it.

[Dean Martin singing] That’s A MORY.

“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told. “It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another. Our #3 most-read story of 2025:

From earlier this week. "They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome — I think it's not working and I think there's really got to be a debate here about overhauling incentives completely.” www.stlpr.org/education/20...

Companies tied to investor Joey Chianese, of Virginia, own 150+ single-family homes across St. Louis. He sells them using a model much like rent-to-own, which leaves buyers without the protections afforded by mortgages or landlord-tenant laws. By @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/joeychianese

A read well worth your time by @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...

Minecraft: the Development?

"Do you pay the one?" www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Red absolutely the right decision. Arsenal now need to manage their yellow cards REALLY well.

Six months after the May tornado, some north St. Louis residents say their insurance companies are fighting them “every step of the way,” leaving them with little payout and no home to return to.

It’s not that the insurance companies are dishonest. This is America, this is big business, this is capitalism — everyone is trying to make money." My latest with @drebjournalist.bsky.social. www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...

A city program that aimed to provide tenants displaced from their homes with financial aid began accepting applications on Friday after failing to do so for its first year.

A new St. Louis’ Tornado Recovery Advisory Committee is composed of 15 community members representing north St. Louis neighborhoods that were impacted by the May tornado. Their goal is to help guide city officials in immediate tornado recovery priorities.

Unfortunately this well-intentioned "Right to Counsel" program has fallen short of its goals and needs to be fully funded. HUDZ is having a hearing this everning at 6. I believe the public can also testify via zoom. www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...

Some of the pitch emails I get from PR people read like gibberish.

NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with @propublica.org @texastribune.org? We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas

Still waiting

The decision marks the latest retreat for a $250 million expansion that has steadily shed much of its initial ambition.

My #development newsletter, Brick City, is going to be jammed pack tomorrow (feast or famine heh). I’m excited for y’all to read it!

A report shows the program only defended 343 people facing eviction in its first year, far short of city's goal of 1,352. www.stlpr.org/government-p...

JUST IN: St. Louis looks likely to spend $14M in Ram's interest on winter sheltering in the wake of a housing crisis kicked off by the May tornado. @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social reports: www.stlpr.org/government-p...