Families in the Saint Louis Public Schools could get some cash back into their pockets for driving their kids to and from school.
On Monday, parents were sent a letter from the district saying they could earn a $75 gas card this week if they take their kids to school instead of letting them ride the bus.
It all comes after multiple drivers were absent Monday, leading the district to tell families whose students planned on participating in afterschool activities to arrange alternative transportation.
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Washington University is seeking contractors for its $26 million expansion of a prominent historic building near the Cortex Innovation District that will create a new business incubator.
A Texas company’s Illinois expansion with a new $54 million, 100% solar-powered manufacturing site near the St. Louis region is under construction by a Metro East contractor.
Advantage Solutions, led by former Anheuser-Busch and Schnuck Markets executive Dave Peacock, has sold one of its holdings to a Kansas City-based company.
Berkeley, California-based Pivot Bio Inc. has named Chris Turner as chief commercial officer. Turner is based in St. Louis and will spend a majority of his role at Pivot’s Product Success Center in Hazelwood
The story that St. Louis has to tell the rest of the nation should embrace its challenges and mixed historical legacy, using them as an opportunity to improve the region’s brand so it can attract more businesses and people, panelists said.
The Clayton-based supplier of network infrastructure products and services has agreed to a $290 million deal to purchase a provider of networking equipment.
After the special events business screeched nearly to a halt during the Covid-19 pandemic, business has boomed the past few years for Personal Touches by Jeanetta, the special events design, production and event rental company owned by Jeanetta Hawkins, the company’s founder, president and CEO.
A St. Charles produce wholesaler says its pivot during the Covid-19 pandemic has paid off, with top line revenue up 12% last year, to more than $50 million.
Preparing today’s young students to meet our region’s future economic needs has never been more important. New models of education are needed, writes Tom Purcell.
None of the demands Missouri Freedom Caucus members said must be met before they would drop a filibuster against legislation renewing taxes that fund Medicaid were achieved when the group decided to end its resistance a little before 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
After a 41-hour-filibuster, the Senate gave initial approval Thursday morning to a bill renewing taxes on hospitals, pharmacies, nursing homes and ambulance services that are essential to Missouri’s Medicaid program. The bill must be approved by…
A manufacturer of drug-delivery devices has named a St. Louis-based operations chief to oversee its global operations as it completes a $100 million expansion of a local facility.
Four gubernatorial nominations to state boards have been withdrawn by Missouri Gov. Mike Parson because of opposition by state Sen. Steve Roberts, the governor’s spokesperson said in an email Wednesday.
The email said Roberts, a St. Louis Democrat, had advocated for a paid position for himself on the Public Service Commission and for his father to receive an appointment to the UM Board of Curators.
Roberts said in an interview that he didn’t block the candidates because of their resumes but…
An initiative petition campaign that seeks to raise Missouri’s minimum wage delivered over 210,000 signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Wednesday afternoon — nearly double the amount needed to make the statewide ballot.
It is the first of five initiative petitions the Secretary of State’s Office expects to deliver signatures this week.
Petitioners need at least 107,246 signatures to make the ballot. A spokesperson for the Secretary of State said the office expects to complete…
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