Statement on St. Louis Convention Center Expansion

October 12, 2021 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STATEMENT Re:  St. Louis County Government Funding for the St. Louis Convention Center It has recently come to light there is a perceived impasse or hold up of St. Louis County’s funding share for St. Louis Convention Center projects. Allow this statement to serve as a clarification to correct any misunderstandings […]

County Council approves vaccine requirement for county employees

St. Louis County Council approves vaccine requirement for county employees | Politics | stltoday.com The St. Louis County Executive signed Councilpersons Days’ and Webb’s bill which required all St. Louis County employees to either get vaccinated or submit to weekly COVID-19 testing.  “This landmark legislation is just another tool that we will use in our effort […]

Texas Anti-Abortion Law | Councilwomen Rita Days and Shalonda Webb STATEMENT

September 3, 2021 STATEMENT FROM ST. LOUIS COUNTY COUNCILWOMEN on the Supreme Court’s Inaction on the Texas Anti-Abortion Law Yesterday morning, our United States Supreme Court turned its head and allowed the state of Texas to proceed with the most draconian, restrictive anti-choice/anti-abortion law in the country. This lack of action blatantly looks past 50 years […]

Letter to the public

August 31, 2021 Dear Friends, I am proud to announce that on Friday, the St. Louis County Council reached an agreement that can “withstand any legal challenges regarding questions of masks”, per the County’s legal counsel. As many of you are aware, over the past three weeks I, along with St. Louis Councilwoman Shalonda Webb […]