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The Regional Arts Commission is administering a mural project, to place two in each of St. Louis' 14 wards. Our photographer captured one that's finished in Southwest Garden.

The Missouri Housing Development Commission awarded millions of dollars in public funds and tax credits without notice or public votes, a former employee alleged in a lawsuit filed last week. The lawsuit, filed in Jackson County, claims the commission regularly violated the state’s Sunshine Law and the law governing its actions, which requires an “affirmative vote of at least six of the members.” The lawsuit was filed by Jesse Mofle, who was employed by the MHDC from March 2021 until October…

A frozen custard-themed burger restaurant chain opened its latest St. Louis location Tuesday in south St. Louis County.

An indoor golf and entertainment center new to the St. Louis market plans to open three locations in the region, including its first site in Clayton.

A drug maker has reached agreement to sell a subsidiary with its principal place of business in the St. Louis area for $925 million, and plans to use the net proceeds to cut its debt by more than 50%.

A new Christmas-themed event with 4 million lights, a snow tubing hill and three pop-up bars is coming to St. Charles County.

Open Concept, a bar led by St. Louis Recorder of Deeds Michael Butler, has permanently closed.

Saint Louis Public Schools students will return to class exactly two weeks from Monday, as the district deals with multiple issues, from leadership concerns to transportation troubles. Local leaders are also calling for a state audit of the district. In response, Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick will hold a press conference Aug. 8 at 1 p.m. In a news advisory, his office said, "...To respond to the mounting requests to audit the St. Louis Public School District. (Scott) Fitzpatrick will…

The restaurant said it plans to open the new location in late 2024.

(The Center Square) – A judge ordered the city of St. Louis to indefinitely stop its guaranteed basic income program, possibly marking the first time a court granted an injunction to stop payments. St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Joseph Whyte late Friday ordered St. Louis Comptroller Darlene Green, Treasurer Adam Layne and Mayor Tishaura Jones to immediately stop making any deposits to financial institutions for funding the project, except for administrative costs, and stop all payments to private…

The official has worked in public education for nearly 30 years, including 20 with Webster.

“Getting back to ‘neutral’ will require aggressive easing,” Wells Fargo economist Jay Bryson said in discussing Fed rate cuts ahead.

The Creve Coeur-based metal recycling company, one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held companies, has expanded its Western operations with an acquisition.

In an interview, Jamie Dimon said the Midwest is faring “better than people think, other than the bottom 20% of the income scale – and a lot of that is inner city, certain rural areas; they have been left behind and for decades.”

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s efforts to delay sentencing in former President Donald Trump’s hush money case in New York were rejected Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court. The decision comes a day before Bailey will face off in the Aug. 6 primary election against Will Scharf, a member of Trump’s legal team. In a one-page order, the court refused to intervene in the case, meaning a gag order against Trump will remain in place and sentencing on his 34 felony convictions will move…

Missouri in the last year has significantly reduced its backlog of overdue nursing home inspections, recent federal data shows, though it still stands out for how low nursing staffing is at many facilities. Around this time last year, a quarter of nursing homes hadn’t been inspected in at least two years.  Now the number is closer to 3%, according to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services data. The state’s surveyors “have investigated complaints at night, early morning, weekends and…

An alcohol distributor is moving its St. Charles warehouse to the Kansas City area, along with its 94 jobs.

The hiring comes a month after the law firm said it was closing offices in Salt Lake City and Boston at the end of September. The firm's leader said it was firm “redirecting our firm resources to markets and offices across our footprint that are thriving.”

Invisibly, the data startup founded by prominent St. Louis entrepreneur Jim McKelvey, has shifted away from its initial mission of building a tool to improve consumer engagement of news content.

The carrier is cutting a route from its service at St. Louis Lambert International Airport this month as it pares back its schedule nationwide.