Rachel Lippmann
ReporterLippmann returned to her native St. Louis after spending two years covering state government in Lansing, Michigan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and followed (though not directly) in Maria Altman's footsteps in Springfield, also earning her graduate degree in public affairs reporting. She's also done reporting stints in Detroit, Michigan and Austin, Texas. Rachel likes to fill her free time with good books, good friends, good food, and good baseball.
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St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones took her oath of office on Tuesday, promising to transform a city that's long struggled with a vexing racial divide and economic decline.
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In taking the no-confidence vote, the council joined the Ethical Society of Police and other police reform advocacy organizations in asking for new leadership so the department can address its racism issues.
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Tishaura Jones' landmark mayoral win ushers in a new era for St. Louis politics.
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Three of the four candidates who received the backing of an initiative called Flip The Board won their aldermanic races in St. Louis, giving progressive-minded aldermen a working if fragile majority at City Hall.
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St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones beat Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, on Tuesday to become the city’s first Black woman mayor.
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Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, started her political career to keep a neighborhood pool open.
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If she is elected Tuesday, Treasurer Tishaura Jones will be the first Black woman to be mayor in St. Louis' history.
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The work by the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is required by a 2012 settlement over Clean Water Act violations.
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The increasing supply of the coronavirus vaccine could soon make it difficult for local health departments to get shots in the arms of people fast enough.
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The joint effort across the border in Jennings and Walnut Park West, which was initially shrouded in secrecy, led to drops in crime in both places.