Rams Settlement Money on Its Way to Tornado Victims

Rams settlement money on its way to tornado victims

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The St. Louis Board of Estimate and Apportionment signed off on $18 million in spending from the Tornado Relief and Recovery Fund. That is the fund that was created with the use of $30 million from the interest earned on Rams Settlement money. At the mayor's request on Friday, $18 million was approved to go out. Mayor Cara Spencer made four recommendations: Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbo…

Review of Government’s Response to the St. Louis Tornado

By Jamala Rogers The E3 tornado that ripped through St. Louis on May 16 resulted in an unplanned topography for the city. It also exposed the ever-present racial history of the planned neglect and abandonment of certain predominantly Black neighborhoods. Two of those Northside neighborhoods were hit particularly hard during the storm. Mother Nature’s fury has given St. Louis an opportunity to rebuild a different landscape that rises from a new c…