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The new population figures underscore the St. Louis area's economic challenges, a researcher said.

When Terrence Wise explains Missouri’s initiative petition process to his children, he brings up one particularly remarkable play by the Kansas City Chiefs. The famous 13 second overtime win against the Buffalo Bills secured the Chiefs a place in the 2023 Super Bowl. As a result of the win, the NFL changed its overtime rules. “That worked in our favor here in this Super Bowl this year, but that shouldn’t be the game we play when we talk about our democratic process,” Wise says he told…

The U.S. House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed a bill that effectively bans TikTok unless the company splits from its Chinese owner ByteDance because of national security concerns. The 352-65 vote occurred just a week after lawmakers introduced the bipartisan proposal and days after the powerful House Committee on Energy and Commerce unanimously advanced the legislation, an unusual speed for the 118th Congress. Rep. Cori Bush, D-St. Louis, was the only member of Missouri's delegation to vote…

Marson Foods, a Carson City, Nevada-based maker of waffle products, on Wednesday officially opened its nearly 150,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Hazelwood.

Travis Ford, the head coach of the Saint Louis Billikens mens basketball team for eight seasons, was fired Wednesday night following the team's 83-73 loss to Duquesne in the Atlantic 10 tournament. "There's a lot going through (my mind). First and foremost, my players—and I'm proud of how we finished the year—and my coaches," Ford told KSDK. Ford was hired by SLU in March 2016. Before joining the Billikens, Ford had head-coaching stints at Oklahoma State, Massachusetts, Eastern Kentucky…

Roeslein & Associates Inc., one of St. Louis' largest engineering firms and one of the region's largest privately held companies, has made two changes in its C-suite.

Schnuck Markets Inc. is now piloting artificial intelligence-powered shopping carts in select St. Louis-area stores.

An ambitious developer has proposed an Oklahoma City skyscraper that would surpass One World Trade Center in New York.

The sales tax at CityPark, the stadium of the St. Louis City SC Major League Soccer team, will increase by another 1% if a city of St. Louis board approves a new sales tax district to pay for contaminated groundwater.

Chesterfield-based fiber internet firm HyperFiber has launched operations, backed with $180 million in private equity funding as it aims to build fiber networks nationwide.

U.S. Strategic Metals LLC (USSM), a Clayton-based mining company, has hired a new finance chief.

Clayton Mayor Michelle Harris said in an interview Tuesday she’s unaware of any future plans WashU has for Fontbonne’s campus, but that she hopes it keeps the current architecture at the site.

The Mark Cuban Foundation partners with local businesses to put on the boot camps.

A pedestrian bridge over part of Interstate 64 in Midtown will link two of the biggest new developments in St. Louis, with funding from a federal grant.

The quick-service salad concept that grows its own lettuce on-site using vertical farms, will open soon at 4176 Manchester Ave. in The Grove.

A former quality control manager with Boeing died after two days of depositions.

Missouri Senate Democrats ended their filibuster Tuesday of a bill that seeks to expand the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program — agreeing to let the legislation come to a vote after Republicans added provisions boosting public school funding and teacher retention efforts. The bill receiving first-round approval in the Senate Tuesday evening is the second version to come to the floor this week. The original 12-page bill ballooned to 76 pages before expanding to 153 pages Tuesday after…

A group is looking to capitalize on a downtown area's momentum by marketing it as a distinct district.

For the second time in four months, Dowd Bennett LLP has expanded with a new office.

The era of full-time remote work will end for employees of a bank in St. Louis.