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The expected headcount growth comes as the company has started to generate revenue after spending 2023 developing its technology to provide data to customers.

A growing global packaging business based in St. Louis has expanded its presence in Australia and New Zealand.

An optical illusions experience will open on May 24 at City Foundry STL in Midtown.

The deadline to submit your 2024 Most Influential Business Women Awards program has been extended to Sunday, May 12. This program recognizes remarkable women who excel in their careers and make a big impact in their organizations and St. Louis communities. You can submit a nomination by clicking here. When making a nomination, describe in detail the nominee's career accomplishments, as well as her involvement in the community using tangible results. While many nominations include personal endorsements…

The St. Ann-based grocery business closed last week on the $40 million sale of a 325,000-square-foot distribution center.

The expansion of St. Louis' light rail through north and south city could count few riders compared with similar projects around the country. But proponents say the project is about "essentially rebuilding huge sections of the city."

At Dowd Bennett, Michael Gans is working on federal and state appellate court cases, helping colleagues draft documents, offering ideas, discussing strategies and fielding questions from those seeking his institutional knowledge.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation Tuesday that boosts the minimum salary for teachers, changes the formula for funding public schools and expands a tax-credit scholarship for private schools. It also allows charter schools in Boone County and requires a public vote for districts seeking to go to a four-day school week. When fully implemented, the legislation is estimated to cost roughly $468 million a year. Parson signed the bill a day before the constitutional deadline to take action.…

GoJet Airlines has received a new FAA certification that will allow the Bridgeton-based airline to offer aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul services to a variety of operators.

St. Louis gastrointestinal health startup Geneoscopy has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the screening test it has developed to detect colorectal cancer.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is expected to announce her campaign for reelection in the coming weeks, sources confirmed to KSDK on Tuesday. Jones will officially announce her campaign at an event May 16 at the Third Degree Glass Factory, an art studio on Delmar Boulevard, according to Christopher Camie with Meyers Okohson Political Consulting. Doors to the event will open at 5:30 p.m. "Mayor Jones does have a number of office-side events and engagements, with the most exciting of course being…

The new subdivision would consist of 39 houses, according to plans filed by the builder.

The bank's new HQ prioritizes employee wellness and “encourages flexibility, comfort and collaboration."

For more than two decades, Town and Country-based digital consultancy Perficient Inc. (NASDAQ: PRFT) has grown its business through M&A deals. Perficient has now found itself on the opposite end of a deal.

The chain is known for its absurdly large number of gas pumps and restroom stalls as well as beloved products such as Texas barbecue, homemade fudge, kolaches, jerky, fresh pastries and "Beaver Nuggets," which is a sweet corn puff snack.

Missouri cannabis companies said the change would positively affect the operations of St. Louis' dispensaries and generate additional tax revenue for the city.

The Clayton-based distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products reported record first-quarter net sales as its net income fell from last year's quarter.

The St. Louis Blues said Tuesday that the new head coach has signed a two-year contract to help end a two-year playoff drought.

One More Pub & Grub was destroyed by a tornado during severe weather Tuesday morning. Officers with the Sullivan Police Department are responding to calls of damage. The department confirmed that One More Pub & Grub was heavily damaged by the storm. The bar was previously known as Hilltop Lounge. The storm struck the building at around 4 a.m. Bar owner Jane Epperson said she also rents out a home near the bar. She had heard from her renter, and no one was injured in the storm. "My neighbor, who…

Any talk of changes to how the Missouri House functions following allegations of staff intimidation during the investigation of Speaker Dean Plocher will have to wait until after the legislative session ends on May 17, Majority Leader Jon Patterson said Monday. Patterson, a Lee’s Summit Republican expected to take over as speaker next year when Plocher’s final term in office expires, told reporters he’s ready to move on from the Plocher ethics inquiry that has hung over nearly the entire legislative…