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Missouri’s microbusiness cannabis program will never get off the ground if regulators are consistently forced to revoke licenses over concerns about unlawful predatory practices, the head of the state’s marijuana division said Wednesday at a town hall meeting. That’s why new rules must be put in place to root out these practices and ensure the program lives up to its promise, said Amy Moore, director of the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation. “It is not sustainable to keep going through…

Further details have emerged on the plans from Cordish Cos. to remake the Millennium Hotel site, with city documents posted Friday including specifics on the different components of the proposal.

Accounting and consulting firm SFW will move from Des Peres to Creve Coeur, effective in the fourth quarter this year.

A plan to create a German village at the Millennium Hotel property was among the proposals considered for redevelopment of the vacant site downtown, with a pair of local developers involved in the bid.

The headquarters of Evolution Metals will be in the Fair Building at 5257 Shaw Ave. where Interco Trading has its offices in The Hill neighborhood, said St. Louis attorney Al Watkins.

PGAV said it is adding seven owners, including four in St. Louis, as it looks to the next generation of leadership.

The award comes days after Annie Malone announced it would cancel its annual parade, which SLDC says is a coincidence.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey filed a motion to intervene in a class-action lawsuit against Tyson Foods on Tuesday. If granted, Bailey’s involvement will allow him access to confidential documents currently being withheld by Tyson Foods and key depositions taken by the prosecuting attorneys. Bailey aims to join the suit through permissive intervention, which will require the court to approve. The case, which is being processed in New Madrid County, began when four farmers under contract…

Janae Edmondson, who lost her legs after being hit by a car in downtown St. Louis in 2023, will receive $450,000 from the city after officials settled a lawsuit over the crash. The settlement is $67,000 less than the cap that Missouri laws set for damages that public entities have to pay out. The crash left the family with medical costs in the millions and prosthetics each costing hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to a press release from the law firm representing the Edmondson family. “Janae…

The parent company of St. Louis-based Clarkson EyeCare has made two C-suite changes that it says strengthens its physician leadership.

Beck Flavors, based in Maryland Heights, is attempting to trademark “Louligan” and “Louligans” on behalf of an unidentified client that wants to use the name on a beverage.

In 2025, Missouri residents should be afforded the opportunity to shop for an energy plan that best meets their needs, writes Chris Ercoli of the Retail Energy Advancement League.

Who really knows just what someone else really wants unless you ask them, and then the element of “real giving” somehow is diminished. At this last Christmas holiday time, the best present just appeared in the living room.

The Cordish Cos., the Baltimore-based real estate firm that partnered with the St. Louis Cardinals to create Ballpark Village, will demolish the long-vacant hotel as part of a $670M project.

A bill to protect one of the world’s largest chemical companies from charges it didn’t warn customers that one of its most popular products causes cancer won first-round approval Tuesday in the Missouri House. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Dane Diehl of Butler, would make the label required by federal pesticide regulators “sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a warning label regarding cancer under any other provision of current law.” “This bill is going to put…

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday signed an executive order targeting state funding of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The executive order bars state agencies from using public funds for positions, policies, or procedures that encourage greater diversity throughout the state. Agencies are also prohibited from considering factors relating to equity and inclusion while making hiring decisions. "While this order directs the removal of DEI-based programs, it does not apply to any requirements…

The fast-growing private university selected a new leader that its board of trustees said has "a deep passion for innovation."

The law firm of Carmody MacDonald PC has renewed its lease in downtown Clayton and will renovate the office space, a project made easier because the owner of the PNC Center added an amenities center to the 18-story building.

Walgreens is closing a north St. Louis location near the end of next month as part of a larger, three-year cost-cutting effort.

A St. Louis tradition for 115 years has been indefinitely postponed. The annual Annie Malone May Day Parade, originally scheduled for May 18 this year, will no longer take place, the organization announced Tuesday. The parade's organizers, Annie Malone Children & Family Services, said the parade's cancelation was due to increasing economic challenges. The organization said the announcement was a postponement in a statement to KSDK, but did not provide a rescheduled date and called for sponsors…