Tony Messenger is a Metro Columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He focuses on a variety of themes including food and beverages, culture and society, crime and justice, and legal affairs, often exploring topics such as accessibility, civil rights, and social interest. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner and has been featured in numerous publications including The Colorado Springs Gazette and the Longview News-Journal.
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Tony Messenger's coverage focuses on local government, politics, social issues, and legal policy regulation in Missouri and St. Louis. He often covers stories related to homelessness, blight, taxation issues, and political decisions impacting the community.
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By: Tony Messenger
As much as I appreciate somebody noticing open garages in Wildwood in the early morning hours and writing nice letters to residents, there could be even more value in all police departments in the region working together to make sure garages are closed and crimes aren’t being committed.
By: Tony Messenger
In 2015, the foremost policing consultants in the nation — the Police Executive Research Forum — came to the St. Louis region to study local practices.
By: Tony Messenger
Why is it important for the title of a bill to be clear? So citizens know what their lawmakers are doing. Read the latest from Metro columnist Tony Messenger.
This is a colleciton of Tony Messenger's columns in the Post-Dispatch and stltoday on immigrants, the federal government's crackdown on immigration and related topics.
By: Tony Messenger
Metro columnist Kadan and Brooklyn Rockett sat in the hallway of the Taney County Courthouse.
By: Tony Messenger
If Gov. Mike Kehoe wants St. Louis police Chief Robert Tracy to get a raise, why won’t the state pay, instead of foisting the issue on city taxpayers?
By: Tony Messenger
Council on Criminal Justice finds some broad consensus on strategies that are fueling drop in homicides. Two of them are key to St. Louis success.
By: Tony Messenger
Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger talks about crime statistics and how St. Louis (and the rest of the nation) is experiencing a reduction in homicides.
By: Tony Messenger
One final appeal before the Missouri Supreme Court threatens to upend the freedom Christopher Dunn earned after long legal battle to be exonerated.
By: Tony Messenger
I had a question about workers' comp cases in St. Louis police department. I filed a Sunshine Law request. The answers were surprising.
