St. Louis uses police department lawsuit settlement fund for fire department raises ^20%

STLPR - By Rachel Lippmann - 6/18/2026, 4:09 PM

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St. Louis will use $1 million it had set aside in its upcoming budget to help pay for settlements in cases against the police department to fund required raises for the Fire Department. Members of the city’s fiscal oversight board, Estimate and Apportionment, approved the changes to the proposed budget on Thursday. The raises for... more