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Ameren Missouri on Thursday received approval from state regulators to build or acquire three solar farms in Missouri that the company said will produce about 400 MW of solar energy.

Harris-Stowe State University is nearing completion of its new Center of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), with the Midtown facility expected to open this summer.

A St. Louis developer is targeting redevelopment of a vacant school, with plans for mixed-income housing.

Legislation that would compensate victims of radioactive waste and U.S. nuclear bomb tests faces an uncertain future after it was left out of a federal appropriations bill Thursday, outraging members of Missouri’s Congressional delegation. But advocates for St. Louis-area residents exposed to World War II-era radioactive waste remain “extremely hopeful” as compensation remains closer than ever to passage. “We feel like we’re going to get RECA, guys,” Dawn Chapman, co-founder of Just…

Law firms in St. Louis are using artificial intelligence programs to help with everything from research to organizing information to content generation.

A new apartment complex in St. Charles County could expand by adding a second phase.

A developer is proposing a new location for a national coffee chain, replacing a shuttered fast-food restaurant site that would be demolished.

The church has rented its sanctuary space for more than a decade.

A St. Louis development board on Tuesday will consider whether to start a process that could result in an eminent domain proceeding for the vacant Millennium Hotel downtown.

Asked how the legal profession has changed, Wendy Knudsen, executive vice president and chief legal officer at TierPoint, listed the potential use of artificial intelligence, a more inclusive workplace and technology advances that give clients more access to their lawyer and also forces lawyers to “cut through the noise to finding what’s important."

Although Google has been amassing land for the data center since 2019, this is the first time the tech giant has publicly confirmed that it plans to build in Kansas City.

A firm bought the building that once housed Mike Shannon's restaurant in downtown St. Louis, with plans so far to improve its look — not redevelop the site.

The Creve Coeur agriculture firm once hired at a furious pace.

A former KDHX staffer writes that it's time for station management to recognize its responsibility in this crisis, stop weaponizing the values of DEI, and finally regain the trust of the community.

Board members write that since October, the station has brought on 30 new volunteer DJs who bring new music and a passion for reaching out to new listeners and new supporters.

A great deal has happened in the 10 years since Michael Brown's, and still not enough has happened. Equity is much more likely to be on the minds of our region’s leaders than it was in 2014, and that matters, writes Jason Purnell.

The economy of the east African country grew by 6.2% in 2023 and is expected to reach 6.6% this year, the finance minister and central bank governor told the International Monetary Fund last December, according to Reuters. The economy grew by 8.2% in 2022, the news agency reported.

As a 20-something working in the financial industry in Atlanta during the 1987 Wall Street crash, David Corbitt decided he wanted to take his life in a new direction.

For 11 years now the St. Louis Business Journal has partnered with the Association of Corporate Counsel - St. Louis chapter to select the top in-house counsel for our annual Corporate Counsel Awards program.

Saint Louis University President Fred Pestello said Thursday he plans to step down after 10 years leading the private, Jesuit college.