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Edward Jones, with more than 5,400 local employees and $14.08 billion in 2023 revenue, gave $21.04 million in cash and in-kind donations to local organizations last year.

Schnuck Markets, the St. Louis-based, family-owned grocery chain, donated $16 million in local cash and in-kind donations in 2023, up from the $15.34 million donated in 2022.

Emerson, with 800 local employees, contributed $15.1 million in cash and in-kind donations to the St. Louis region in 2023.

Thompson Coburn contributed more than $3.1 million in cash and in-kind giving in the St. Louis region in 2023.

Chemical manufacturer FSI, with 94 local employees, contributed $740,000 in cash and in-kind donations in the St. Louis region last year.

Brinkmann Constructors, with local employment of 248, contributed more than $940,000 in cash and in-kind giving in the St. Louis region in 2023.

The official succeeds William Johnson.

Litigation targeted the business as a nuisance property that attracts crime.

A local health care system has purchased the former headquarters of Panera Bread.

Town and Country-based digital consultancy Perficient Inc. has inked a sponsorship agreement with a professional golfer, saying the deal will help boost its international exposure.

Missouri House members on Wednesday took a step toward prohibiting exports of water, arguing the state’s “most precious resource” should be protected and reserved for residents. The bill, which prohibits water exports without a state permit, cleared an initial Missouri House vote 115-25. It needs second approval before it moves to the Missouri Senate, where a similar bill has passed a committee vote and awaits action by senators. Speaking in favor of the bill, Bridget Walsh Moore, a Democrat…

Attendance for Tuesday's St. Louis Cardinals game at Busch Stadium represented a record low for a night game at the venue since it opened in 2006.

The move expands its geographic footprint for the first time in nearly three years.

Social Bar and Grill has closed its south St. Louis County location.

The federal government will spend $3.1 million to reconstruct a "failing parking lot" at a federal building in Overland, an agency said Wednesday.

A metal smelting company based in Korea has acquired a locally-based scrap metal firm through its U.S. subsidiary.

Illinois launched a $14 million New Stores in Food Deserts Program Tuesday to encourage new development of grocery stores in food desert areas.

A bill that would make Planned Parenthood ineligible to receive reimbursements from the state’s Medicaid program passed out of the Missouri Senate early Wednesday morning after an 11-hour Democratic filibuster. The bill now returns to the House, where it can be sent to Gov. Mike Parson to sign into law. This legislation, originally filed by Republican state Rep. Cody Smith of Carthage, is nearly identical to a bill filed by state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, a Republican from Arnold, which was…

The company behind Fruity Pebbles, Honey-Comb and Honey Bunches of Oats is entering the Dallas metro area after making what could be the largest industrial deal in the region so far this year.

Laumeier Sculpture Park in south St. Louis County said it has laid off seven staff members as funding has decreased.