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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.

Missouri's population grew 0.6% from 2023 to 2024, while Illinois' went up 0.5%, U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday showed.

One of the St. Louis region’s largest marijuana firms is being acquired by a Minneapolis-based public company.

All of the potential tenant spots at University City’s Market at Olive development has been spoken for, the developer of the project said

(The Center Square) – Among the nearly 300 new laws set to take effect Jan. 1 in Illinois is one impacting potential sales of local media outlets to out-of-state buyers. Senate Bill 3592 passed the Senate in April. Sponsor of the bill, state Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, said it requires local media outlets looking to sell to an out-of-state buyer to provide a 120-day notice to the state and their staff. “Private equity firms are coming and buying newspapers, consolidating them until they…

Tishaura Jones told union members "I’m here to stand with you again to make sure that WashU hires a janitorial contractor that pays people a living wage." She then commended the university at an event.

The city of St. Louis' development agency on Wednesday rejected some controversial grant applications in an embattled program, after previously giving them preliminary OKs.

(The Center Square) – Illinois is one of 38 states that have legalized sports betting, and now Congress is getting involved. The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Tuesday entitled “America’s High-Stakes Bet on Legalized Sports Gambling.” Committee Chair Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Springfield, said while sports leagues once opposed sports betting, leagues, franchises and networks now partner with betting companies and have integrated gambling into sporting events and…

Aside from his role as real estate broker, Tony Kennedy has been a Crestwood alderman since 2016 and is also a spy novelist

Four St. Louis County Council members on Wednesday sued St. Louis County Executive Sam Page, asking the state court not to allow Page to replace County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell without their OK.

Ben Poremba is ready to reopen one of three restaurants he closed in the Botanical Heights neighborhood last year and said he planned to relocate.

A St. Louis-based property management, asset management and real estate investment group with $1.5 billion in assets under management has made the year's biggest multifamily acquisition in a Florida city.

Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe announced Wednesday that he is appointing Jessica Bax as the next director of the Missouri Department of Social Services.