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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.

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.