A construction firm hired to build a new city hall and community center in Jennings is suing the city after it says officials halted the project, costing it more than $1.7 million.
The mayor also travelled to Jefferson City to support retaining local control of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and seek state funding for violence prevention and reduction, construction of the Public Safety Answering Point with child care services for 911 operators; and reconstruction of a Mississippi River levee, according to a mayoral spokesperson.
A newly formed St. Louis nonprofit, the Taylor Geospatial Engine, has launched with a mission to connect geospatial research and development efforts with commercial opportunities.
Dean Plocher’s last year as speaker of the Missouri House wasn’t supposed to go this way.
The Republican from Des Peres was riding high at the end of the 2023 legislative session, able to point to big wins while pinning any disappointments on continued dysfunction in the state Senate. And he had amassed an impressive campaign war chest he hoped would help carry him to the lieutenant governor’s office in the upcoming elections.
Entering the third month of the 2024 session, things couldn’t…
Sending Missouri state troopers and National Guard soldiers to Texas’s border with Mexico will cost more than $2.2 million, state officials told the House Budget Committee on Monday.
Gov. Mike Parson is sending 200 soldiers and 11 Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers to work with Texas law enforcement at the request of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
There are about 250 National Guard soldiers already in Texas operating under federal orders, Maj. Gen. Levon Compton told the House Budget Committee.…
Chicken Out, the fast-casual fried chicken sandwich restaurant, has shuttered its last remaining brick-and-mortar location, in Kirkwood. A social media post teases "other concepts" are to come.
Webster University said Monday it has settled with donors who sought to intervene in a case in which it's looking to reclassify endowment funds, in a bid to cover covenants on loan agreements.
Evolution Festival is back in St. Louis for its second year, and the lineup has something for fans of all genres.
The festival, which returns Sept. 28-29 to Forest Park, features a lineup of more than 28 national, regional and local acts.
"Headlining are renowned acts The Killers and Beck, joined by many more iconic artists including Jane’s Addiction, Blondie, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, 2024 Grammy Award Winner Killer Mike, and many more," the announcement said.
Evolution Festival Executive Producer…
Even after the Chiefs parade, changing gun laws in Missouri is nearly impossible, in large part because legislators are in safe districts where they must worry only about primary fights. But what if we pitch regulations in a different way?
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, one of the region's largest nonprofit organizations, has hired a Kansas City Symphony executive as its next philanthropy chief for fundraising and campaigns.
In a recent interview, the top leaders of the bank discussed their professional and personal ties formed three decades ago and how those relationships inform their work today.
Boat Planet Inc., which has developed a platform that connects boat owners with service providers, plans to expand after raising $1.2 million in seed funding.
The new firm, Ferris Genomics, provides DNA analysis of plant samples to help agriculture firms improve breeding operations and better predict growing outcomes for crops.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is accusing three St. Louis-area school districts of discriminatory practices.
The allegations involve hiring, students' clubs and gifted programs.
Bailey sent cease and desist letters to Webster Groves, Lindbergh and Parkway School Districts on Sunday.
He claims his office has received reports of religious and race-based discrimination against students and staff.
The AG's letter to the Webster Groves School District claims officials there have instituted…
Washington University in St. Louis — criticized a decade ago for rock-bottom low-income enrollment — says it has carved out spaces for economically disadvantaged students as part of a new plan to increase need-based aid.
Late last year, the university announced that 21% of its freshmen were Pell eligible, meaning they showed financial need after filling out a federal student aid application, and 17% were the first in their families to attend college.
Currently, Pell-eligible students make up…
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