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Graybar, one of the region's largest private companies, has reached a contract deal with employees in St. Louis who are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 688.

Signaling the fight to come, a senator has filed legislation for a “balanced budget” constitutional amendment.

Fontbonne becomes the latest in a string of small, liberal arts colleges to close their doors, as the pool of college students shrinks and public opinion regarding higher education shifts.

St. Luke’s Hospital, the Chesterfield-based, two-hospital health system, has hired a new executive to succeed a retiring chief financial officer.

The U.S. Justice Department has started a criminal investigation into the Boeing 737 Max midair door plug blowout.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey this month sued a Florida real estate firm, alleging it used high-pressure tactics to sell residents brokerage services.

The HFW Companies (HFW), a growing, St. Louis-based professional services firm targeting the architecture, engineering and construction sector for investments, has expanded with an acquisition in Texas.

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher arranged a series of meetings in the state Capitol last month between GOP legislators and an out-of-state technology vendor, inviting renewed bipartisan criticism of the embattled Republican as he remains the focus of an ongoing ethics investigation. The unusual arrangement — including a meeting with GOP leadership that took place in the speaker’s Capitol office — is drawing comparisons to Plocher unsuccessfully pushing last year for the House to spend $800,000…

The law firm of Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch LC has opened an office in Kansas City led by a new member, and added four more lawyers in its Clayton headquarters.

A quickly growing restaurant concept from a Phoenix-based restaurant group will open this summer in Frontenac.

The decision comes as “the financial position of the university was determined to be unsustainable for the long term,” university officials said. Here's what will happen to its Clayton campus.

Weber Fire and Safety, a fire protection business based in High Ridge, has a new owner.

Idol Wolf, the Spanish-inspired restaurant that opened in July inside 21c Museum Hotel St. Louis at 1528 Locust St. in Downtown West, added more than a dozen employees as it expanded its service to include brunch.

Audra Noyes Herndon, a Paris-trained fashion designer, is continuing to expand her luxury womenswear brand, Audra, in St. Louis.

Two parish elementary schools will close following the 2023-24 academic year, the Archdiocese of St. Louis announced Friday. St. Louis Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski accepted the recommendations to close Little Flower School, at 1275 Boland Place in Richmond Heights, and St. Roch School, at 6040 Waterman Blvd. in St. Louis, after parish pastors met with the Office of Catholic Education and Formation and episcopal vicars. The review included school enrollment, staffing, building capacity, parish subsidies,…

O2B Kids, an early childhood education company, recently opened a new St. Louis-area preschool and has plans for two more locally.

The additions of the two new partners increases the number of lawyers in the Clayton office to 13. Ten have come directly from another law firm.

Meta Platforms Inc., the parent of social media apps including Facebook and Instagram, has agreed to buy energy from a solar project in southeast Missouri.

Technology provider and IT services firm Interface Systems has relocated to a new headquarters near Westport Plaza, leaving its former home in Earth City.

A St. Louis-based real estate closing company is expanding to mid-Missouri with the acquisition of a title company.