St. Louis Post-Dispatch staffers on Wednesday rejected a proposed furlough put forward by parent company Lee Enterprises, which came as the Iowa company this month reported decreased revenue.
Eleven versions of a proposed initiative petition seeking to roll back Missouri’s ban on abortion by adding protections for the procedure to the state constitution were filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State’s office.
Chief Executive Sharon Price John said during the company’s earning call that beyond traditional retail sales, Build-A-Bear has increased consumer engagement outside of stores, extended its brand beyond malls, and continued to sell to teens and adults.
It has made the investments as part of the Spring 2023 cohort of its accelerator program, backing companies with products that range from a new device to track exercise recovery to a new platform for placing bets.
The relocation effort for the agtech startup wasn't without risk, and even involved transporting thousands of fruit flies to St. Louis. A year later, it says the effort was worth it as it expands its team and brings on new funding from a local investor.
The St. Louis Business Journal's Innovation in Philanthropy Awards program, now in its fourth year, celebrates local partnerships for going above and beyond standard philanthropic practices in new and creative ways.
The biggest single building project in Gov. Mike Parson’s budget – $859 million to widen three sections of Interstate 70 – will have to be pared back if lawmakers divert funds to other highways, Department of Transportation Director Patrick McKenna said Tuesday.
People gathered at St. Louis City Hall Wednesday to try to convince leaders not to shut down a homeless encampment.
Last week, the city announced it's giving people who live in an encampment near Laclede's Landing until Friday to move out.
People experiencing homelessness, who live in the encampment, said they want solutions best suited for them. A city spokesperson said it's trying to meet people where they are to fulfill their individual needs.
In an email, a city spokesperson said in part,…
The inventor of FURminator has shed his $13 million luxury estate and plans to launch a new business that will compete with the wildly popular pet shedding tool he invented and sold twice.
The resignation, which comes after a series of sexual assault allegations, is the second time in recent months that St. Louis has been at the center of a major scandal in chess.
St. Louis County has cut ties with the nonprofit that runs a Wellston jobs center, ending contracts paid with federal grant money that are worth more than $2.4 million.
A federal grand jury issued three subpoenas to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in December demanding records about a pair of St. Louis-area nonprofits and their involvement in a federal child nutrition program.
The University of Missouri-Columbia, through a public-private partnership, will establish a new Institute of Fisheries, Wetlands and Aquatic Systems after a $1.7 million gift.
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