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In recent years, Michigan has spent tens of millions of dollars to limit residents’ exposure to the harmful “forever chemicals” called PFAS. And some cities there have spent millions of their own to filter contaminated drinking water or connect to new, less-polluted sources. “We’ve made significant investments to get up to speed,” said Abigail Hendershott, executive director of the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team, which serves as a coordinating group for the state’s testing, cleanup…

As a lawyer and a lobbyist, Dr. Evil decided to form a company that would work against America becoming, as he said, a “nanny state.”

Ascension is still working to restore connections lost to a ransomware attack. Here's the latest update and how they are restoring connections.

The credit union is putting its headquarters up for sale and planning to exit downtown. “The vibe downtown isn’t like it used to be," its leader said.

She thought she'd be an elementary school teacher, but pivoted to hospitality and, now, bridal dress sales. "I feel like I'm in a space that makes so much sense for me and I get to flex my hospitality muscle."

As a lawyer and a lobbyist, Dr. Evil decided to form a company that would work against America becoming, as he said, a “nanny state.”

The Brentwood Chamber of Commerce, which began serving businesses in the Brentwood area in 1953, shut down in 2022 after nearly 70 years due mostly to the impact of Covid-19.

The initiative calls for constructing multi-family apartment complexes in eight states, or about about $900 million in constructed-related activity in lower-income communities.

Minneapolis-based U.S. Bank has promoted a St. Louisan to head its East Market for retail home lending.

The Cardinals’ streak of poor on-field play has negatively affected Arch Apparel’s operations, said Aaron Park, the company’s founder and owner.

Investment firm Blackrock Inc. is lined up to receive $408 million from the sale of Town and Country-based digital consultancy Perficient.

The company paid to clean St. Louis Lambert International Airport is canceling its contract, after getting payments late.

The restaurant’s last day of service was Friday.

A new and well-known partner on the massive Chouteau's Landing redevelopment views the project as a much-needed transformation of an underused part of town. His role is now to convince others.

Spectrum Healthcare Resources in St. Louis was awarded a 10-year contract with the Defense Health Agency.

Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), the Clayton-based supplier of network infrastructure products and services, has opened a new technology center in Tucson, Arizona.

A development firm has sued Mercy Health, accusing the health system of halting construction projects because it perceived it as a “whistleblower.”

The Missouri House approved a non-citizen voting provision as part of a Senate bill which will put a question before Missouri voters seeking to ban ranked-choice voting and non-citizen voting. Arguments over the validity of banning non-citizen voting in Missouri, which is already illegal, were part of what ultimately killed an initiative petition bill prioritized by Republicans this session. But in the final hours of the legislative session on Friday, the House approved a non-citizen voting provision…

A Milwaukee firm has bought a local company.

The city of St. Louis is once again hiring all "non-essential" city positions after Mayor Tishaura Jones announced the end of the hiring freeze she enacted at the end of March. The end of the freeze comes after the adjournment of the Missouri General Assembly on Friday, which Jones worried would enact legislation that would affect the city’s ability to collect an earnings tax. “The City of St. Louis is safer and healthier without the harmful interference of members of our state legislature…