Kelsey Landis
@kelseylandis.bsky.social
Government accountability reporter for @stltoday.bsky.social • Past: Belleville News-Democrat, The Alton Telegraph • je parle français • SLPS mom • 🏳️🌈
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Rents across the #STL region are soaring, but nowhere more than neighborhoods that have become targets of real estate investors.
Four of the ZIP codes with the top increases in rent since 2023 are in a swath of North County from the airport to the Mississippi.
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Four of the ZIP codes with the top increases in rent since 2023 are in a swath of North County from the airport to the Mississippi.
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Rents soar across St. Louis region, especially where investors buy homes
Rents across the region are soaring, but nowhere more so than neighborhoods that have become the targets of real estate investors.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Rents across the #STL region are soaring, but nowhere more than neighborhoods that have become targets of real estate investors.
Four of the ZIP codes with the top increases in rent since 2023 are in a swath of North County from the airport to the Mississippi.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Four of the ZIP codes with the top increases in rent since 2023 are in a swath of North County from the airport to the Mississippi.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Missouri’s system is so overloaded that even people accused of low-level crimes now wait years for mental health treatment.
‘Lost’ in Missouri jail cells: Backlog soars for people found mentally unfit for trial
Missouri’s system is so overloaded that even people accused of low-level crimes now wait years for mental health treatment.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Missouri’s system is so overloaded that even people accused of low-level crimes now wait years for mental health treatment.
Worries about where the next meal will come from weigh heavily on St. Louis-area residents as the federal government shutdown threatens SNAP and the Trump administration cuts food assistance. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
St. Louis residents turn to food banks amid aid cuts. 'Everything you need is going up'
A grandmother who has seven family members living with her. A woman who's four months behind on her mortgage. A family displaced by May's tornado in St. Louis.
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October 27, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Worries about where the next meal will come from weigh heavily on St. Louis-area residents as the federal government shutdown threatens SNAP and the Trump administration cuts food assistance. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
The new museum documents the history and evolution of midwifery as it started in Africa and spread across the globe. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Jamaa Birth Village in Ferguson adds school, library and a museum of Black midwifery
Black midwives throughout history were not only experts in the birth process but also served as healers, herbalists, spiritual advisors and therapists for mothers and their families.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The new museum documents the history and evolution of midwifery as it started in Africa and spread across the globe. www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
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New data obtained by @stltoday.com indicates hundreds of the buildings mangled by the May 16 tornado in St. Louis were likely vacant before the storm even hit.
That could hobble the city's efforts to rebuild the neighborhoods hit hardest by the storm.
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That could hobble the city's efforts to rebuild the neighborhoods hit hardest by the storm.
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Hundreds of St. Louis houses hit by May tornado were vacant. That will hurt recovery.
The Post-Dispatch found that 1,175 structures, more than half of those declared unsafe, were likely or definitely vacant before the May 16 tornado.
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October 23, 2025 at 1:52 PM
New data obtained by @stltoday.com indicates hundreds of the buildings mangled by the May 16 tornado in St. Louis were likely vacant before the storm even hit.
That could hobble the city's efforts to rebuild the neighborhoods hit hardest by the storm.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
That could hobble the city's efforts to rebuild the neighborhoods hit hardest by the storm.
www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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Besides being an excellent coworker, Josh is a bicyclist, “antique” digital game enthusiast and a great person. Please consider a donation to honor his daughter.
My daughter Jadzia, who died in 2020, had Marfan Syndrome, a connective tissue disorder which affected her heart.
For this 5th anniversary, we're raising money for the Marfan Foundation in Jadzia's honor. Would you support us?
give.marfan.org/team/777133
We have raised $660 — can we break $1,000?
For this 5th anniversary, we're raising money for the Marfan Foundation in Jadzia's honor. Would you support us?
give.marfan.org/team/777133
We have raised $660 — can we break $1,000?
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Besides being an excellent coworker, Josh is a bicyclist, “antique” digital game enthusiast and a great person. Please consider a donation to honor his daughter.
In two court filings Wednesday, attorneys for Sam Page poked holes in the Missouri AG's criminal case against the county executive. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Case against St. Louis County executive is rife with errors, attorneys say
Attorneys asked a judge on Wednesday to dismiss the case against Sam Page, saying it included false information and illogical legal arguments.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In two court filings Wednesday, attorneys for Sam Page poked holes in the Missouri AG's criminal case against the county executive. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Having a newsroom across the street from the SLPS administrative building has its reporting perks. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
Millicent Borishade is out as St. Louis Public Schools superintendent
Millicent Borishade has been fired after a rocky 15-month tenure.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Having a newsroom across the street from the SLPS administrative building has its reporting perks. www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
The planned stoppage has food banks across the state girding for a rise in need if food stamp recipients lose the benefit, which averages about $370 per household per month. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... ✍️ Kurt Erickson
More than 650,000 Missourians to lose food stamp benefits next month under shutdown
More than 320,000 Missouri households rely on federal food stamp benefits to supplement their groceries
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October 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The planned stoppage has food banks across the state girding for a rise in need if food stamp recipients lose the benefit, which averages about $370 per household per month. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g... ✍️ Kurt Erickson
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Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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Illinois warned 3 other communities months ago that harmful “forever chemicals” had been detected in their municipal water supplies, long before the issue came out publicly at a Collinsville city council meeting last month www.stltoday.com/news/local/i...
It wasn't just Collinsville. 'Forever chemicals' hit 3 other Metro East cities
The state's Environmental Protection Agency issued public notices to water system operators in Bethalto, East Alton and Edwardsville in April, before Collinsville alerted the public to its problems.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Illinois warned 3 other communities months ago that harmful “forever chemicals” had been detected in their municipal water supplies, long before the issue came out publicly at a Collinsville city council meeting last month www.stltoday.com/news/local/i...
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BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
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The extended summer-like heat is part of a decades-long trend both in St. Louis and across the country.
Hot spell shows how summers are getting longer and falls shorter in St. Louis
The extended summer-like heat is part of a decades-long trend both in St. Louis and across the country.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The extended summer-like heat is part of a decades-long trend both in St. Louis and across the country.
I wrote about a similar measure introduced by a county councilman a few years ago. It failed amid free speech concerns. Now another councilman is trying again though a federal judge struck down St. Louis County's panhandling laws in 2021. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Councilman to introduce roadway panhandling ban in St. Louis County
Similar ordinances have been struck down as a violation of First Amendment free speech rights.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I wrote about a similar measure introduced by a county councilman a few years ago. It failed amid free speech concerns. Now another councilman is trying again though a federal judge struck down St. Louis County's panhandling laws in 2021. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
The progress officials have long said would come with the new NGA campus has not arrived at everyone’s doorstep in north St. Louis. ✍️ @stephkukuljan.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
On eve of NGA opening, neighborhoods still waiting for a boost
The progress officials have long said would come with the new NGA campus has not arrived at everyone’s doorstep in north St. Louis.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The progress officials have long said would come with the new NGA campus has not arrived at everyone’s doorstep in north St. Louis. ✍️ @stephkukuljan.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
The "lost art" of handwritten notes is back. ✍️ @monicaobradovic.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
Missouri school cellphone ban: Fewer fights, less anxiety, more 'boredom' for students
Missouri educators report more social interaction. Students play games or read books instead of scrolling on social media. And handwritten notes are back.
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September 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The "lost art" of handwritten notes is back. ✍️ @monicaobradovic.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
I set out to determine how far our local sewer district has come in cleaning up our local waterways. 💩🚫💧 It has done a ton of work, but even after $7 billion in spending, the region's massive network of pipes will still spew untreated sewage into our area rivers. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
St. Louis area is spending billions to clean rivers. It'll still dump sewage in them.
The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has spent $3.2 billion and capped more than 100 overflow pipes, about half the work required by a federal settlement.
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September 11, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I set out to determine how far our local sewer district has come in cleaning up our local waterways. 💩🚫💧 It has done a ton of work, but even after $7 billion in spending, the region's massive network of pipes will still spew untreated sewage into our area rivers. www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
"These districts were drawn to withstand a political earthquake," one expert said. ✍️ @kirkman.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Missouri congressional redistricting would cement GOP control, analysis shows
Had the boundaries been in place in 2020, Republicans would have secured double-digit margins of victory in seven of the eight Missouri congressional districts, a Post-Dispatch analysis found.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"These districts were drawn to withstand a political earthquake," one expert said. ✍️ @kirkman.bsky.social www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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@kgrumke.bsky.social and I delved into the documents on this one, revealing a network of shell companies that connect the stalled St. Charles project to the search giant.
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Documents link secretive St. Charles data center to Google
St. Charles officials signed nondisclosure agreements as they considered a proposed data center project in their city. The agreements were with a company with links to Google.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@kgrumke.bsky.social and I delved into the documents on this one, revealing a network of shell companies that connect the stalled St. Charles project to the search giant.
www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...
www.stlpr.org/economy-busi...
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JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House launched a controversial special session Wednesday that could drastically alter the state’s congressional boundaries and make it harder for citizens to change the state Constitution.
Trump-backed redistricting plan begins trek through Missouri's Republican Legislature
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House launched a controversial special session Wednesday that could drastically alter the state’s congressional boundaries and make it harder for citizens to change the state
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September 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House launched a controversial special session Wednesday that could drastically alter the state’s congressional boundaries and make it harder for citizens to change the state Constitution.
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The County Council first earmarked $11 million of federal pandemic relief money in fall 2022 for demolishing derelict properties.
First house comes down 3 years after St. Louis County approved demolition project
The County Council first earmarked $11 million of federal pandemic relief money in fall 2022 for demolishing derelict properties.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The County Council first earmarked $11 million of federal pandemic relief money in fall 2022 for demolishing derelict properties.
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Starting Friday, @stltoday.com will have NO PAYWALL
Reading the paper makes you smarter 🧠, cooler 💅 and a good person 😇
(paywall returns Wednesday)
Reading the paper makes you smarter 🧠, cooler 💅 and a good person 😇
(paywall returns Wednesday)
August 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Starting Friday, @stltoday.com will have NO PAYWALL
Reading the paper makes you smarter 🧠, cooler 💅 and a good person 😇
(paywall returns Wednesday)
Reading the paper makes you smarter 🧠, cooler 💅 and a good person 😇
(paywall returns Wednesday)
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After her cellmate beat and tried to sexually assault her, Missouri prison officials kept Honesty in solitary confinement for SIX YEARS. Why? A little-known policy that allowed Missouri to keep incarcerated people living with HIV they deem sexually active in isolation.
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A trans woman with HIV spent years in solitary. She sued to make Missouri change its policy
Honesty Bishop was attacked by her cellmate. Missouri prison officials deemed her sexually active and kept her in isolation for more than 2,000 days.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
After her cellmate beat and tried to sexually assault her, Missouri prison officials kept Honesty in solitary confinement for SIX YEARS. Why? A little-known policy that allowed Missouri to keep incarcerated people living with HIV they deem sexually active in isolation.
www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
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Some not so breaking news, I've started work as @stlpublicradio.bsky.social's new economic development reporter! Have a tip/story or just want to chat? Let's get to know each other. Drop me a line a KMansouri@stlpr.org.
www.stlpr.org/2025-08-18/s...
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STLPR hires Kavahn Mansouri as its Economic Development Reporter
Kavahn Mansouri joins St. Louis Public Radio from the NPR Midwest Newsroom, where he served as an investigative reporter covering Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska for three and a half years.
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August 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Some not so breaking news, I've started work as @stlpublicradio.bsky.social's new economic development reporter! Have a tip/story or just want to chat? Let's get to know each other. Drop me a line a KMansouri@stlpr.org.
www.stlpr.org/2025-08-18/s...
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The fate of a controversial 440-acre data center is in doubt following allegations that the site is largely owned by a relative of St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer. ✍️ Ethan Colbert www.stltoday.com/news/local/s...
Mayor's cousin owns site of planned data center in St. Charles. Mayor withdraws support
City councilmembers said on Monday that they didn't know Dan Borgmeyer was related to the data center site's owner.
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August 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The fate of a controversial 440-acre data center is in doubt following allegations that the site is largely owned by a relative of St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer. ✍️ Ethan Colbert www.stltoday.com/news/local/s...