Kavahn Mansouri
@kavahnmansouri.bsky.social
Economic Development Reporter @ St. Louis Public Radio | Iranian American | St. Louis till I die. | #COYG | Have a tip? Let's chat. Kmansouri@stlpr.org
The Bank of Washington valued some Northside Regeneration-owned parcels in North City higher properties in Clayton and Frontenac, according to a letter from SLDC head Otis Williams.
St. Louis balked at $116M price for Paul McKee properties — now it's moving to seize them
St. Louis officials balked at a $116 million appraisal of some Northside Regeneration parcels before turning to eminent domain, a letter to The Bank of Washington reveals.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:53 PM
The Bank of Washington valued some Northside Regeneration-owned parcels in North City higher properties in Clayton and Frontenac, according to a letter from SLDC head Otis Williams.
The spinning wheel on STL city's sunshine request portal may actually drive me insane.
January 13, 2026 at 3:57 PM
The spinning wheel on STL city's sunshine request portal may actually drive me insane.
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The Alton sinkhole has been "dewatered."
📷: 618 Drone Service
📷: 618 Drone Service
January 12, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The Alton sinkhole has been "dewatered."
📷: 618 Drone Service
📷: 618 Drone Service
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The developer behind a proposed data center at the former Armory in Midtown St. Louis has not answered a required 44-question city survey more than three months after receiving it.
Questions on Armory data center’s scope, environmental impact remain unanswered months later
Months later, the developers behind the proposed data center at the Armory in Midtown St. Louis have yet to answer city-required questions on the project.
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January 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
The developer behind a proposed data center at the former Armory in Midtown St. Louis has not answered a required 44-question city survey more than three months after receiving it.
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[Dean Martin singing] That’s A MORY.
January 7, 2026 at 2:24 AM
[Dean Martin singing] That’s A MORY.
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“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
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January 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“‘If a fire occurs in the cabin ... don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off," one flight attendant was told.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,’” said another.
Our #3 most-read story of 2025:
From earlier this week.
"They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome — I think it's not working and I think there's really got to be a debate here about overhauling incentives completely.”
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"They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome — I think it's not working and I think there's really got to be a debate here about overhauling incentives completely.”
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Watchdog report finds SLPS loses $2,360 per student annually from tax incentives for developers
Good Jobs First released its annual report, which found that St. Louis Public Schools is losing about $2,360 per student from tax incentives offered to developers. The St. Louis Development Corporatio...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM
From earlier this week.
"They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome — I think it's not working and I think there's really got to be a debate here about overhauling incentives completely.”
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"They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome — I think it's not working and I think there's really got to be a debate here about overhauling incentives completely.”
www.stlpr.org/education/20...
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Companies tied to investor Joey Chianese, of Virginia, own 150+ single-family homes across St. Louis. He sells them using a model much like rent-to-own, which leaves buyers without the protections afforded by mortgages or landlord-tenant laws. By @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/joeychianese
New contracts in St. Louis sell a 'false' dream of homeownership, critics say
Contracts that look like rent-to-own agreements leave buyers with high costs and facing eviction. "A model that is selling a dream that is known to be false."
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December 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Companies tied to investor Joey Chianese, of Virginia, own 150+ single-family homes across St. Louis. He sells them using a model much like rent-to-own, which leaves buyers without the protections afforded by mortgages or landlord-tenant laws. By @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/joeychianese
A read well worth your time by @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
New contracts in St. Louis sell a 'false' dream of homeownership, critics say
Contracts that look like rent-to-own agreements leave buyers with high costs and facing eviction. "A model that is selling a dream that is known to be false."
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December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A read well worth your time by @jacobbarker27.bsky.social. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Minecraft: the Development?
December 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Minecraft: the Development?
"Do you pay the one?"
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Why Magic: The Gathering has a loyal following in an Illinois prison
Danville Correctional Center reversed a ban on Magic: The Gathering cards last year. Since then, the game has been a source of community and joy.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Do you pay the one?"
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Red absolutely the right decision.
Arsenal now need to manage their yellow cards REALLY well.
Arsenal now need to manage their yellow cards REALLY well.
November 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Red absolutely the right decision.
Arsenal now need to manage their yellow cards REALLY well.
Arsenal now need to manage their yellow cards REALLY well.
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Six months after the May tornado, some north St. Louis residents say their insurance companies are fighting them “every step of the way,” leaving them with little payout and no home to return to.
St. Louis homeowners still fighting insurance companies to fix tornado-damaged homes
Six months after the May 16 tornado ripped through north St. Louis, people who had insurance policies are struggling to repair their homes. Some say their insurance companies aren’t making it easier.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Six months after the May tornado, some north St. Louis residents say their insurance companies are fighting them “every step of the way,” leaving them with little payout and no home to return to.
It’s not that the insurance companies are dishonest. This is America, this is big business, this is capitalism — everyone is trying to make money."
My latest with @drebjournalist.bsky.social.
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My latest with @drebjournalist.bsky.social.
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St. Louis homeowners still fighting insurance companies to fix tornado-damaged homes
Six months after the May 16 tornado ripped through north St. Louis, people who had insurance policies are struggling to repair their homes. Some say their insurance companies aren’t making it easier.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It’s not that the insurance companies are dishonest. This is America, this is big business, this is capitalism — everyone is trying to make money."
My latest with @drebjournalist.bsky.social.
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My latest with @drebjournalist.bsky.social.
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A city program that aimed to provide tenants displaced from their homes with financial aid began accepting applications on Friday after failing to do so for its first year.
A year in, St. Louis fund to help tenants displaced from their homes begins taking applications
The Impacted Tenants Fund offers one-time financial assistance to people displaced from their homes.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A city program that aimed to provide tenants displaced from their homes with financial aid began accepting applications on Friday after failing to do so for its first year.
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A new St. Louis’ Tornado Recovery Advisory Committee is composed of 15 community members representing north St. Louis neighborhoods that were impacted by the May tornado.
Their goal is to help guide city officials in immediate tornado recovery priorities.
Their goal is to help guide city officials in immediate tornado recovery priorities.
A top goal of St. Louis’ tornado recovery committee is to get families through winter
St. Louis’ Tornado Recovery Advisory Committee is composed of 15 community members representing north St. Louis neighborhoods that were impacted by the May tornado. Their goal is to help guide city…
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November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A new St. Louis’ Tornado Recovery Advisory Committee is composed of 15 community members representing north St. Louis neighborhoods that were impacted by the May tornado.
Their goal is to help guide city officials in immediate tornado recovery priorities.
Their goal is to help guide city officials in immediate tornado recovery priorities.
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Unfortunately this well-intentioned "Right to Counsel" program has fallen short of its goals and needs to be fully funded. HUDZ is having a hearing this everning at 6. I believe the public can also testify via zoom.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Unfortunately this well-intentioned "Right to Counsel" program has fallen short of its goals and needs to be fully funded. HUDZ is having a hearing this everning at 6. I believe the public can also testify via zoom.
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
Some of the pitch emails I get from PR people read like gibberish.
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Some of the pitch emails I get from PR people read like gibberish.
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NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
Gov. Abbott released 1,400 pages of emails about Elon Musk. Most are blacked out.
Abbott fought for months to keep secret emails between his office and Elon Musk. Now, hundreds of pages have been released.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
NEW: Remember that story we broke a few months ago with
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
@propublica.org @texastribune.org?
We reported Texas Gov. Greg Abbott did not want to release his office's emails with #Elon #Musk. Well, we have an update. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA #transparency #Texas
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Still waiting
I know the city is slow walking my records requests. I just can’t prove it
a bald man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and looking at the camera .
ALT: a bald man is sitting in the driver 's seat of a car and looking at the camera .
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November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Still waiting
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The decision marks the latest retreat for a $250 million expansion that has steadily shed much of its initial ambition.
Outdoor plaza scrapped for St. Louis convention center. It will remain a parking lot.
The decision marks the latest retreat for a $250 million expansion that has steadily shed much of its initial ambition.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The decision marks the latest retreat for a $250 million expansion that has steadily shed much of its initial ambition.
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My #development newsletter, Brick City, is going to be jammed pack tomorrow (feast or famine heh).
I’m excited for y’all to read it!
I’m excited for y’all to read it!
a cartoon dog is dancing on a red background .
ALT: a cartoon dog is dancing on a red background .
media.tenor.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
My #development newsletter, Brick City, is going to be jammed pack tomorrow (feast or famine heh).
I’m excited for y’all to read it!
I’m excited for y’all to read it!
A report shows the program only defended 343 people facing eviction in its first year, far short of city's goal of 1,352.
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St. Louis wanted to help people facing evictions. Advocates say the city underfunded its own program
A report shows that out of 1,352 people served by the program, only 343 people received legal defense for eviction cases through the program. The others received some legal assistance or a referral.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A report shows the program only defended 343 people facing eviction in its first year, far short of city's goal of 1,352.
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