City treasurer candidate sues incumbent over no-bid contracts
Calling him a rogue public official who needs to be reined in by the courts, south St. Louis city alderman Fred Wessels has filed suit against treasurer Larry Williams , accusing him of illegally...
View ArticleCity officials see promise - and peril - in changing block grant process
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is pressing the city of St. Louis to change how it divvies up Community Development Block...
View ArticleSt. Louis Aldermen Push City-County Economic Partnership Bill Forward
A new economic development agreement between St. Louis City and County is a step closer to reality. The St. Louis Board of Aldermen moved a bill forward Thursday that would create a long-talked about...
View ArticleCounty Council approves city-county economic development partnership
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The St. Louis County Council gave its final blessing to merging some duties of city and county economic development agencies, a move that ratifies a...
View ArticleWessels sees aldermanic support for NorthSide TIF plan and possible amendments
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The St. Louis Board of Aldermen will decide later this fall whether to approve a proposal that could jump-start developer Paul McKee’s NorthSide...
View ArticleAldermen debate new process for divvying up federal block grant funding
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The Board of Aldermen is mulling over how to divide the city’s share of federal community development block grant funds. Instead of being divided up...
View ArticleBoard of Aldermen approves bill divvying up block grant money
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - More than a week after an aldermanic committee made funding changes , the St. Louis Board of Aldermen gave initial approval to legislation...
View ArticleSlay taps Wessels as director for city's Community Development Administration
This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon. - St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay has appointed Alderman Fred Wessels to serve as director of the city’s Community Development Administration . It's a...
View ArticleOn The Trail: Aldermen Still Flex Muscle In Block Grant Funding
When a Board of Aldermen committee made changes to St. Louis' community development block grant recommendations, it showed the city's legislative branch asserting itself against a power shift to the...
View ArticleMurphy May Have Inside Track For Soon-To-Be-Vacant 13th Ward Seat
As St. Louis Alderman Fred Wessels prepares to leave his post to lead the city’s Community Development Association , a long-time committeewoman is primed to take his aldermanic seat. Beth Murphy told...
View ArticleMurphy Wins 13th Ward Race To Replace Wessels
Update: Democrat Beth Murphy won Tuesday's special election by a relatively large margin, as least by percentage standards. Murphy ended up with 79 percent of the vote compared to Republican Conan...
View ArticleCompetitive House races abound around the St. Louis region
Many districts in St. Louis and St. Louis County are drawn to be heavily Democratic or Republican. Thus, when a seat opens up, the August primary can be most competitive election for eight years. The...
View ArticlePolitically Speaking: Rep.-elect Wessels on his shift from City Hall to the...
On the latest edition of the Politically Speaking podcast, St. Louis Public Radio’s Jason Rosenbaum and Jo Mannies are pleased to welcome state Rep.-elect Fred Wessels to the program. The St. Louis...
View ArticleFrom City Hall to Jefferson City, 2 St. Louisans are moving up
Two former St. Louis aldermen will be among the new lawmakers joining the Missouri General Assembly next year. Fred Wessels, who was the 13th Ward alderman until he took a job in the mayor's office...
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