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Family Business Profile: Mueller Furniture's 4th-generation ownership leads brick-and-mortar expansion

1 year 2 months ago
Mark Mueller says he wasn’t pressured to work in his family’s business growing up. While he started working at Mueller Furniture as a teenager making deliveries, he didn’t expect he’d find his career there. He had plans for law school and continuing his baseball career after playing collegiately. Mueller played a stint in the Frontier League, a professional independent baseball league. Mueller’s plans changed in 2004 after a visit to High Point, North Carolina, known as the “furniture…
Nathan Rubbelke

Health tech startup Total Orbit turns to US Veterans Affairs to expand technology

1 year 2 months ago
St. Louis startup Total Orbit, which has developed a patient information and education platform used by health care organizations, has turned to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to expand its technology. Total Orbit has licensed eScreening health care software used by the VA with veterans with plans to commercialize the technology for broader use in health care.
Nathan Rubbelke

Mexican fast-casual chain Chipotle opens new St. Louis-area location

1 year 2 months ago
Chipotle's new University City store, located near Olive Boulevard and Interstate 170, will feature what the company called its signature Chipotlane, a drive-thru pickup lane that allows guests to pick up digital orders without leaving their cars.Chipotle's new University City store, located near Olive Boulevard and Interstate 170, will feature what the company called its signature Chipotlane, a drive-thru pickup lane that allows guests to pick up digital orders without leaving their cars.
Connor Hart

Missouri Republicans call for investigation of Dean Plocher, raise idea of resignation

1 year 2 months ago
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher is facing calls for his resignation from his fellow Republicans after it was revealed Monday that he filed false expense reports with the legislature to be personally reimbursed for travel already paid for by his campaign. Plocher, a Republican from Des Peres, chalked up the situation to “administrative errors,” vowing to review all of his expenses and reimburse any money he was wrongly paid over the years. He began writing checks to the House last week. “Missourians…
Jason Hancock