Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state’s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state.
The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday approved scaled-back plans submitted by Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois, the electric utilities for northern and southern Illinois, respectively. ComEd is part of Chicago-based Exelon Corp. (Nasdaq: EXC), and Ameren Illinois is part of St. Louis-based Ameren Corp. (NYSE:…
A Missouri judge on Friday temporarily struck down several laws that Planned Parenthood clinics have said made access to abortion all but impossible across the state.
Among the laws Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang blocked include a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion and a mandate that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
But abortions will not yet restart in the state because licensure requirements remain in place.
Planned Parenthood Great Plains,…
Following a weeks-long political battle over who gets to pick the next St. Louis County prosecutor to replace outgoing Congressman-elect Wesley Bell, a judge ruled Friday that the right belongs to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson.
County Executive Sam Page and Parson both claimed the authority to fill the vacancy, with each naming different attorneys to serve the two remaining years of Bell's term.
The dispute was brought before Judge Brian May, who heard from both sides this week. On Friday, he ruled…
The St. Louis Business Journal is currently seeking nominations for its annual Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards program, which also includes awards for an outstanding nonprofit partner and an outstanding for-profit partner.
The program, including all three awards, celebrates individuals, companies and nonprofits who have shown exceptional commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace or in the St. Louis community. Nominations are due Sunday, June 15, before midnight.…
The president-elect of Saint Louis University said his vision for SLU is to be “among the best urban research universities in the country and to use our Catholic Jesuit mission as a competitive advantage in that quest.”
A building inspector at the center of a day care donation scandal resigned Thursday, as federal authorities intensified their investigation into potential corruption within the St. Louis Building Division.
Dan Coplin submitted his resignation to Director Ed Ware, the current head of the city agency, on Thursday amid mounting scrutiny over his role in soliciting charitable contributions during official building inspections.
“I didn't do anything wrong,” Coplin said in a Thursday interview. "I…
The St. Louis-based law firm currently has 254 partners in its eight offices, including 126 in St. Louis and five in the southern Illinois office of Belleville, a firm spokesperson said.
The St. Louis County clerk has hired an outside attorney after her attorney says she was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday.
Sources familiar with the investigation say St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell green-lit the grand jury proceedings before leaving for vacation.
But when papers were turned in to a judge Thursday morning, those specific indictment papers were not included—bringing into question if there's a possible internal dispute inside Bell's office over whether or…
Recent findings from a state audit have put the Francis Howell School District under a microscope.
On Wednesday, Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released a 31-page review and a "poor" rating of the school system in St. Charles County. It is the worst rating a school can receive.
The report states Prop S to build the district's newest high school was misleading. "District officials were not transparent with the Board or the public about the Francis Howell North High School (FHN) construction…
A group of pro-labor lawmakers, including several Illinois Democrats, are urging President Joe Biden to block the $14.9 billion sale of United States Steel Corp. to Nippon Steel Corp., a proposed deal that just turned a year old.
The proposals will be for construction of two buildings to include four high-bay manufacturing areas, lab and incubator spaces, offices, collaboration spaces and a multipurpose area that will serve as a maker space.
After a 10-year dispute between UMB Bank and the beneficiaries of the Thomas Hart Benton Trust, a court ruled that UMB committed no improprieties and owed no punitive damages.
Leaders at Webster University, Cordell & Cordell, Bank of Springfield and the Regional Business Council are among a new class of St. Louis-area executives new in their roles this year.
Big Lots may not have a suitor after all. The Ohio-based company, which is in the midst of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, said it's continuing efforts to find alternative options.
The Danforth Center has launched a joint program with an ag-biotech manufacturer to develop ways to accelerate and improve production of a beneficial fungi to drive more sustainable agricultural production.
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