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Hidden Gem, a new cocktail bar, opened Wednesday at 3118 Locust St. in Midtown.

In Missouri, Republican legislators are often very sympathetic to public school organizations that resist change, making reform bills unlikely to pass, columnist Dave Drebes writes.

The locations are coming to the Dierbergs-anchored redevelopment of the former Crestwood Plaza mall, located along Watson Road in Crestwood.

A recently completed apartment complex in St. Charles County has sold for more than $30 million.

The new CEOs, all members of the latest class of the SLBJ Executive Network, also describe their leadership style and the biggest challenges in the year ahead.

A St. Charles-based elevator services business has been sold to a growing Michigan company.

The St. Louis Business Journal has opened up the nomination process for every 2024 awards program — from the Best Places to Work and HR Awards, celebrated in May, to the 40 Under 40 Awards, recognized in November.

Real gross domestic product growth in the St. Louis metro last year was good enough for 16th among the 30 largest U.S. metros, according to an analysis of federal data.

The 15,000-square-foot store is part of the Home Depot-anchored shopping center Lindbergh Plaza II, a shopping plaza near Interstate 255 and South County Center mall.

A St. Louis-based rigid container and life sciences packaging distributor has expanded its operations in the Northeast, which it says it's identified as a "strategic, high-growth market."

The University of Missouri-Columbia and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with host venue Enterprise Center, announced Friday an extension agreement that will keep the annual collegiate men's basketball game in St. Louis through 2029.

Wells Fargo's interest-rate outlook could be good news for many borrowers.

Mr. Yager had that rare and priceless gift of a ready smile, a compassionate heart and the insight to know just when a kid could really use a word of encouragement.

A high-ranking member of St. Louis’ Public Safety Division has submitted her resignation to the city’s personnel division, a move that follows a series of social media posts criticizing the mayor’s administration and police department she once served. Heather Taylor is stepping down from her role as the deputy director of public safety. Mayor Tishaura Jones appointed her to the role in 2021 following Taylor’s retirement from the city’s police department as a sergeant in the homicide division. A…

The White House waded into the growing controversy over the sale of U.S. Steel to a foreign company, saying President Biden believed the purchase by Nippon Steel deserves "serious scrutiny" and vowed to take action if necessary.

The construction company linked to an embattled St. Louis development firm is suing a former property manager.

The hyperloop firm that was wooed by St. Louis officials but chose to put its certification center in West Virginia is shutting down, according to a Bloomberg report.

University City could soon approve the first major construction project in the Delmar Loop since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Charlie Gitto's operator is accusing its insurer of abusing the legal process in a case in which the longtime St. Louis Italian restaurant won an $8.3 million judgment.

The St. Louis Business Journal recently spent part of a workday at a local warehouse subject to a recent safety complaint. Leaders there stressed the steps that Amazon takes to maintain a safe workplace. The tour and interview came at an intense time as Amazon hired about 2,800 full-time, seasonal, and part-time workers in the St. Louis metro area to handle the estimated 16 million orders for the holidays.