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The program aims to promote research and development partnerships between small- and midsized businesses and Illinois higher education institutions.

The CEO did not explain what the Texas Health and Human Services Commission released last week regarding the proposal from its subsidiary.

A St. Louis-based commercial real estate company has expanded its presence in Colorado.

A collegiate football league launched by Fontbonne University plans to continue its operations after the liberal arts college in Clayton closes in 2025.

A municipal board in a coastal town in Maine is calling for criminal charges against a St. Louis couple because a herbicide they applied to trees on a neighbor's property there several years ago now has been found at a public beach.

Fourteen St. Louis-area employers – including nonprofits, law firms and a public company – have been named as top workplaces for women in 2024 by the Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis.

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.