Kurt Erickson

1 day ago | stltoday.com | Kurt Erickson

JEFFERSON CITY — St. Louis public school officials can move forward with a lawsuit seeking to stop a new charter school from operating in the city. But it wasn’t clear Tuesday whether the suit would advance now that the school is already holding classes. In a ruling Tuesday by the Eastern District Court of Appeals, Judge Robert Clayton III said an earlier court decision blocking the district from suing to stop Believe STL Academy from opening a high school was flawed.

1 day ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kurt Erickson

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe signaled Tuesday he might tap into the state’s robust budget surplus if President Donald Trump’s administration moves forward on a threat to cut funding for Head Start programs for young children. As part of a preliminary budget memo , the Trump administration asked Congress to eliminate the 60-year-old child care program for low-income families as part of a massive downsizing of the federal government.

2 days ago | stltoday.com | Kurt Erickson

JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Kehoe signaled Tuesday he might tap into the state’s robust budget surplus if President Donald Trump’s administration moves forward on a threat to cut funding for Head Start programs for young children. As part of a preliminary budget memo, the Trump administration asked Congress to eliminate the 60-year-old child care program for low-income families as part of a massive downsizing of the federal government.

5 days ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kurt Erickson

The Bellefontaine unit is among a handful of those in urban areas. It includes one lake JEFFERSON CITY — A quiet swath of green along a busy corridor of north St. Louis County is in line for a makeover designed to lure more urban residents into nature. The Bellefontaine Conservation Area, a public park at the intersection of Interstate 270 and Lewis and Clark Boulevard, will be part of a first-ever study overseen by state officials that could result in new features in the 133-acre parcel.

6 days ago | stltoday.com | Kurt Erickson

JEFFERSON CITY — A quiet swath of green along a busy corridor of north St. Louis County is in line for a makeover designed to lure more urban residents into nature. The Bellefontaine Conservation Area, a public park at the intersection of Interstate 270 and Lewis and Clark Boulevard, will be part of a first-ever study overseen by state officials that could result in new features in the 133-acre parcel.