Hundreds of St. Louisans share thoughts on city-county merger in online survey ^24.8%

STLPR - By Lacretia Wimbley - 5/5/2026, 9:42 PM

Optimism Bias 12.1% - Negativity Bias 5.9% - Pessimism Bias 5.3%

St. Louisans have responded to an online survey sharing ideas on how to best merge services between St. Louis and St. Louis County. St. Louis and St. Louis County became separate governmental jurisdictions in the 1870s. Bringing the two entities back together in some form has been a recurring topic of civic conversation the past few... more