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
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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 .
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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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JUST IN: St. Louis looks likely to spend $14M in Ram's interest on winter sheltering in the wake of a housing crisis kicked off by the May tornado. @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social
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St. Louis Aldermen approve $14M in winter sheltering funds amid post-tornado housing crisis
The Board of Aldermen sent the three bills to the mayor’s desk after fast-tracking the legislation that will inject nearly $14 million worth of interest from Ram’s settlement funds and funds from the…
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November 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
JUST IN: St. Louis looks likely to spend $14M in Ram's interest on winter sheltering in the wake of a housing crisis kicked off by the May tornado. @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social
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FESTUS FOR THE REST OF US: CRG eyes Festus for new data center projects, claims $30-40 million economic impact.
“It's unlike anything that any of these, certainly the city, or any of those institutions, those organizations, have ever seen before."
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“It's unlike anything that any of these, certainly the city, or any of those institutions, those organizations, have ever seen before."
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Data center developer eyes Festus after St. Charles debacle
Data center developers eye Festus in Jefferson County as a site for future data center development as the city annexes properties for these projects.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
FESTUS FOR THE REST OF US: CRG eyes Festus for new data center projects, claims $30-40 million economic impact.
“It's unlike anything that any of these, certainly the city, or any of those institutions, those organizations, have ever seen before."
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“It's unlike anything that any of these, certainly the city, or any of those institutions, those organizations, have ever seen before."
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"Some files mother..."
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 .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"Some files mother..."
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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 .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I know the city is slow walking my records requests. I just can’t prove it
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When St. Charles sold Mueller Park for $3 million without a public vote, some residents decided they’d had enough.
Now, they’re pushing to change the city charter and give voters a say before any city-owned park can be sold.
Now, they’re pushing to change the city charter and give voters a say before any city-owned park can be sold.
St. Charles residents want rules on the sale of parks. In St. Louis, some say the rules are ignored
As St. Charles petitioners vie to add rules that would require a public vote for the sale of any city-owned parks, the very same rules in St. Louis face challenges as the city moves to sell a…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When St. Charles sold Mueller Park for $3 million without a public vote, some residents decided they’d had enough.
Now, they’re pushing to change the city charter and give voters a say before any city-owned park can be sold.
Now, they’re pushing to change the city charter and give voters a say before any city-owned park can be sold.
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Remember how The Last Hotel abruptly closed and we learned it was b/c the owners hated each other?
Yeah, still closed.
But the owner offered to house tornado victims for just $700,000... www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Yeah, still closed.
But the owner offered to house tornado victims for just $700,000... www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Homeless shelter in the Armory? St. Louis gets creative in hunt for winter housing
Also considered: the Post-Dispatch's building on North 10th Street.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Remember how The Last Hotel abruptly closed and we learned it was b/c the owners hated each other?
Yeah, still closed.
But the owner offered to house tornado victims for just $700,000... www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
Yeah, still closed.
But the owner offered to house tornado victims for just $700,000... www.stltoday.com/news/local/g...
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I could not be more proud to be a part of my team.
Read this one, out today, from @meredithnewman.bsky.social
Read this one, out today, from @meredithnewman.bsky.social
Illinois defendants who have been found unfit for trial – and are in need of inpatient fitness restoration – are waiting nearly twice as long for a state hospital bed as they did five years ago.
My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
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My latest for @illinoisanswers.bsky.social
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Too mentally ill for trial, she spent months in an Illinois jail as the state looked for a hospital bed. She died waiting.
Many defendants declared unfit for trial have often waited three months or longer to be transferred to a hospital – regularly exceeding the state’s deadline, an Illinois Answers Project investigation ...
illinoisanswers.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I could not be more proud to be a part of my team.
Read this one, out today, from @meredithnewman.bsky.social
Read this one, out today, from @meredithnewman.bsky.social
As residents in St. Charles push for more say in public park sales, advocates and officials in St. Louis say the city is skirting the rules put in place by the STL city charter.
St. Charles residents want rules on the sale of parks. In St. Louis, some say the rules are ignored
As St. Charles petitioners vie to add rules that would require a public vote for the sale of any city-owned parks, the very same rules in St. Louis face challenges as the city moves to sell a troubled...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
As residents in St. Charles push for more say in public park sales, advocates and officials in St. Louis say the city is skirting the rules put in place by the STL city charter.
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Scoop from me:
Peabody Energy is leaving downtown St. Louis after 70 years.
Co. had sought to leave several years ago when gunfire busted several of its windows.
But now it's a done deal www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Peabody Energy is leaving downtown St. Louis after 70 years.
Co. had sought to leave several years ago when gunfire busted several of its windows.
But now it's a done deal www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Peabody Energy to leave downtown St. Louis after 70 years
The move undercuts boosters' efforts to change the narrative that downtown is improving and hasn't been abandoned by the business community.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Scoop from me:
Peabody Energy is leaving downtown St. Louis after 70 years.
Co. had sought to leave several years ago when gunfire busted several of its windows.
But now it's a done deal www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
Peabody Energy is leaving downtown St. Louis after 70 years.
Co. had sought to leave several years ago when gunfire busted several of its windows.
But now it's a done deal www.stltoday.com/news/local/m...
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VENICE, Ill. — A food desert eliminating grocery store planned to open in the small Metro East town next summer will soon start construction. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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Venice grocery store, backed by state grant, will soon begin construction
The developer hopes construction can start before the end of the year and be complete by next August. The new store will eliminate a food desert in the Metro East community.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
VENICE, Ill. — A food desert eliminating grocery store planned to open in the small Metro East town next summer will soon start construction. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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Long live the jury trial in America.
Jury finds D.C. ‘sandwich guy’ not guilty of assaulting officer
Sean C. Dunn admitted he flung the hoagie at a federal agent. His attorneys called it a “harmless gesture” of protest as Trump commandeered D.C. police.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Long live the jury trial in America.
“It’s been a year and a half since we passed the impacted tenants’ funds; it's been six months since the tornado."
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A St. Louis program to help displaced tenants and tornado victims has yet to take applications
The Board of Aldermen originally approved spending for the Impacted Tenants Fund through American Rescue Plan Act money in 2023. It sought to provide financial aid to tenants who have been displaced f...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
“It’s been a year and a half since we passed the impacted tenants’ funds; it's been six months since the tornado."
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After a monthslong standoff, China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year — less than half of what the country has historically purchased. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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Some Midwest soybeans are headed to China again, but farmers still need other buyers
Some Midwestern soybean farmers are selling their beans to be crushed and turned into soybean meal and oil. But economists say domestic processing won’t be enough to offset the drop in Chinese demand.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
After a monthslong standoff, China has agreed to buy 12 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this year — less than half of what the country has historically purchased. @stlpublicradio.bsky.social
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A blighting determination on the Cortex district will continue after all, extending the nearly 20-year determination on the district in the Central West End.
Aldermen approve Cortex bill on second try, extending 20-year blight determination
The St. Louis Board of Aldermen reconsidered a bill that extends a blighting determination from the 2000s on the Cortex district in the Central West End.
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October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A blighting determination on the Cortex district will continue after all, extending the nearly 20-year determination on the district in the Central West End.