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Of more than 75,000 job postings in the St. Louis region, nearly a quarter are in the health care and social assistance category, recent data from the Missouri Economic Research and Information Center shows.

Leaders of local trade unions say their skills training courses have grown, in some cases, more than 30% as the appeal of accessible blue-collar careers grows.

As community colleges grapple with enrollment declines, they are pursuing workforce development as a key part of their strategy to reverse that trend, creating new programs to meet the needs of local employers and students.

A panel of St. Louis experts working with immigrants and refugees saying these new arrivals are filing critical workforce needs in the region, but continuing to grow this population requires help from the private sector.

A federal judge strongly prodded Ameren Missouri on Thursday to work with attorneys representing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve a 13-year-old lawsuit in which he found that the utility violated the Clean Air Act.

U.S. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, on Thursday called for Walgreens to reverse its decision to close a North City location.

St. Louis' legislative leader said Thursday she sees a "path forward" for a substantial Downtown West hotel development that's seeking tax subsidies but saw them cast aside by lawmakers earlier this week.

The Missouri House on Thursday passed a bill stripping local control of the city of St. Lous' police department.

Missouri lawmakers passed expansions of state workforce programs during Gov. Mike Parson's tenure and Parson, who's set to exit office early next year, has made the issue a hallmark of his administration. He talked with the Business Journal about changes to workforce programs and what still needs to be done.

St. Louis-area leaders on Wednesday voted to adopt a plan to reduce violence in the region.

Like the rest of the nation, the St. Louis metro area is grappling with a worker shortage caused in part by a longstanding decrease in the labor force participation rate. But demographic changes – an aging labor pool and a lower birth rate – affect the 16-county area more than other regions across the country.

After two summers operating as a seasonal concept, Take Root Hospitality’s Taqueria Morita will open in a permanent home.

The estimated economic impact of the St. Louis Cardinals 2024 season is down nearly $40 million from projections made ahead of last year’s season, a drop driven by an expected decrease in attendance this season at Busch Stadium.

VetVerifi, a St. Louis startup using software to streamline pet vaccination records, has raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round.

The underdogs continue to rack up wins in St. Louis Inno Madness. Of the eight companies advancing to the Inno Madness quarterfinal round, six have seeds of No. 25 or higher.

Magdalen Pike is founder and executive director of Passback, a nonprofit seeking to “upcycle” used sports equipment, starting with soccer gear. Here's what she plans for the future of the organization.

NASCAR is getting back into the brick-and-mortar restaurant business for the first time in well over a decade, with a “NASCAR Drafthouse” under construction in the St. Louis airport.

Anyone who procrastinated on filing for political office will get another chance to enter the Aug. 6 primary in a handful of contests. Late withdrawals from four congressional races, four state House races and the lieutenant governor contest mean filing for those offices will resume on April 2, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office announced. Filing will close for those offices on April 5. Under Missouri law, when candidates withdraw within two days of the close of filing, a special filing…

Missouri cannabis regulators have revoked nine of the 48 social-equity cannabis licenses issued in October, after finding the companies that obtained them didn’t meet eligibility requirements. Eight were dispensaries linked to out-of-state groups and one was a wholesale facility. Among them is Canna Zoned, a Michigan company that secured two of the 16 dispensary cannabis licenses – in Columbia and Arnold. Both licenses were revoked. State records show Canna Zoned was connected to 104 out…