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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To be eligible for the protection, renters or homeowners would have to prove that they have made an effort to get all governmental assistance possible and have been making at least partial payments. They would also have to face a risk of being homeless or having to live with others if they were evicted. -
The $4 million in savings would be directed toward victims services, affordable housing, homeless services and a legal department to prosecute civil rights violations. -
Closing the north St. Louis jail is a top policy priority for Mayor Tishaura Jones. -
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. -
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. -
Tishaura Jones' landmark mayoral win ushers in a new era for St. Louis politics. -
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. -
St. Louis Treasurer Tishaura Jones beat Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, on Tuesday to become the city’s first Black woman mayor. -
Alderwoman Cara Spencer, D-20th Ward, started her political career to keep a neighborhood pool open. -
If she is elected Tuesday, Treasurer Tishaura Jones will be the first Black woman to be mayor in St. Louis' history.
