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St. Louis is becoming more educated and active in addressing wealth gaps and inequities, including in communities of color; that gives me hope, but there is so much more to do, writes Zack Boyers of U.S. Bank Community Impact Finance.

St. Louis has everything it needs to heal itself. The illness is generational, so must be the cures, writes Annissa McCaskill, executive director of Forward Through Ferguson.

Officials with the hotel, which has been closed for nearly all of this year, say it plans to reopen in 2025.

Kathy O’Neill will lead the credit union's ongoing marketing expansion and oversee retail banking operations in the St. Louis area, as well as local civic, community engagement and philanthropic endeavors.

The city of St. Louis is poised to strike a new 30-year deal with a nonprofit that aids in improving and maintaining Forest Park.

A St. Louis-based manufacturer of yeast and bakery ingredients bought a leading supplier of liquid yeast to the craft brewing market.

St. Louis sports leaders say the Rams' departure, in 2016, has had tangible effects, like no longer being a realistic host for the NCAA Final Four. But it's also spurred resiliency.

The bank, which declined to release the financial details of the NIL agreement, said it will collaborate with Brady Cook on initiatives that help young adults make “informed financial decisions.” That includes details about how credit and debit cards work and how to manage finances and bank accounts in early adulthood, Cook said.

An industrial and life-sciences packaging company that moved its headquarters away from St. Louis will be returning to the area.

A 5,000-square-foot medical care facility is slated to open inside a YMCA branch.

A retail property owner is suing to prevent the use of eminent domain to construct a new $78 million road in Arnold.

The unanimous decision by the three-judge panel based in Philadelphia creates a federal circuit court split, "and necessitates a review by the U.S. Supreme Court to settle this important issue of law,” a Bayer spokesperson said in a statement.

A St. Louis-based general contractor is negotiating a potential settlement of a lawsuit filed by The Moneta Group, which alleged it paid $1.1 million for office renovation work done by the contractor but cybercriminals stole the money.

A new owner has plans to revive the historic building near Lafayette Square that caught fire in 2022, closing three restaurants there.

State regulators issued two cannabis recall notices last week involving 135,000 marijuana products – more than double Missouri’s first massive cannabis product recall exactly one year ago. “I’ve never seen recalls of this magnitude in any other state,” said Nick Rinella, CEO of Hippos Cannabis. “This is kind of unprecedented.” Since the announcement, Rinella and facility owners around the state have scrambled to quarantine thousands of vapes, edibles and pre-rolled joints in their…

It's the second time this year that Frontier has announced a change in its offerings following actions by federal regulators in the airline business.

The Clayton-based managed health care provider has added a seat to its board and filled it with the former CEO of Advance Auto Parts and Frito-Lay North America.

Sitting around the Sunday night campfire and listening to Uncle Ben’s philosophy was a gift that hundreds of now “grownups” have never forgotten.

A St. Louis-based company developing what it describes as a self-propelled, battery-powered railcar has raised $14 million from investors as it plans to grow its staff in preparation for making several new deployments of its technology globally.

The weapons sales totals $20 billion when including advanced air-to-air missiles, 120 mm tank ammunition and high explosive mortars, and tactical vehicles, according to a report.