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R.P. Lumber Co. Inc., one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held businesses, is expanding its footprint in Illinois with the purchase of another building materials retailer.

The phrase “objects in mirror are closer than they appear” applies to careers as well as motor vehicles. Whitney Kenter’s work to create Glowe Collective evolved directly from the work she did to turn her life around. "I founded Glowe Connective in 2020 because traditional business is broken. "Employees on average are disengaged. According to Gallup, only 36% of employees were engaged in 2020 (actually a result of numbers that had been trending up!) and have since fallen again. "In a 2022…

The company's specially-engineered slides do everything from launch riders into the air to land on foam mattresses and send them over multiple hills.

Bull Moose Tube, a Chesterfield-based manufacturer of tubing products, said it has named an interim CEO following the death of its chief executive.

A retail chain with global following is set to open St. Louis-area mall locations.

The deal extends the manufacturing life of the St. Louis-made fighter jet.

Ameren Missouri on Thursday received approval from state regulators to build or acquire three solar farms in Missouri that the company said will produce about 400 MW of solar energy.

Harris-Stowe State University is nearing completion of its new Center of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (CIE), with the Midtown facility expected to open this summer.

A St. Louis developer is targeting redevelopment of a vacant school, with plans for mixed-income housing.

Legislation that would compensate victims of radioactive waste and U.S. nuclear bomb tests faces an uncertain future after it was left out of a federal appropriations bill Thursday, outraging members of Missouri’s Congressional delegation. But advocates for St. Louis-area residents exposed to World War II-era radioactive waste remain “extremely hopeful” as compensation remains closer than ever to passage. “We feel like we’re going to get RECA, guys,” Dawn Chapman, co-founder of Just…

Law firms in St. Louis are using artificial intelligence programs to help with everything from research to organizing information to content generation.

A new apartment complex in St. Charles County could expand by adding a second phase.

A developer is proposing a new location for a national coffee chain, replacing a shuttered fast-food restaurant site that would be demolished.

The church has rented its sanctuary space for more than a decade.

A St. Louis development board on Tuesday will consider whether to start a process that could result in an eminent domain proceeding for the vacant Millennium Hotel downtown.

Asked how the legal profession has changed, Wendy Knudsen, executive vice president and chief legal officer at TierPoint, listed the potential use of artificial intelligence, a more inclusive workplace and technology advances that give clients more access to their lawyer and also forces lawyers to “cut through the noise to finding what’s important."

Although Google has been amassing land for the data center since 2019, this is the first time the tech giant has publicly confirmed that it plans to build in Kansas City.

A firm bought the building that once housed Mike Shannon's restaurant in downtown St. Louis, with plans so far to improve its look — not redevelop the site.

The Creve Coeur agriculture firm once hired at a furious pace.

A former KDHX staffer writes that it's time for station management to recognize its responsibility in this crisis, stop weaponizing the values of DEI, and finally regain the trust of the community.