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2023 Legislative Review: Tax Credits for Seniors

The goals I set when I began my second term as your state senator were to help senior citizens, reform dated criminal justice policies and secure needed funding for our community. Get Updates from Brian Download Review PDF Tax Credits for Seniors My highlight of the 2023 session was the governor signing Senate Bill 190 …

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2022 Legislative Review: $96M+ for St. Louis County Projects

It seems surreal I was sworn in over four years ago to represent our community in the Missouri Senate. I remember that day vividly, and the gravity and historical significance of being the first Black male senator to be elected since 1998 still keeps me grounded and focused. I also never lose sight that I …

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Town Hall Meeting: Economic Development in North STL County

At this event, Sen. Williams and Rep. Windham discussed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spur economic and community development in North St. Louis County through potential investments of federal stimulus funding. Watch an Excerpt from the Event: Watch the Full Event View Full Event on YouTube Event Details: Date: Tuesday, July 27, 2021Time: 7:00 – 8:30 …

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New push underway to help restore historically Black cemetery

KMOV News Channel 4 reported on March 31, 2021 Washington Park Cemetery is located in Berkeley, Missouri sandwiched between Interstate 70, Highway 170 and Natural Bridge. A burial site established in 1920, local leaders say that decades of bad decisions by city and county leaders have destroyed this historically black cemetery. In the 1950s the …

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$30 million rehab plan to save Wellston public housing complex

St. Louis Post Dispatch reported on Sept. 4, 2020 – the plan is ‘a win-win for everbody’ U.S. Rep. William Lacy Clay, St. Louis County Exec. Sam Page, Wellston Mayor Nate Griffin and Sen. Brian Williams joined Wellston residents to celebrate a $30 million deal to renovate a long-troubled public housing complex that at one …

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