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A plan to redevelop a former movie theater site has been changed.

Schlafly has handed over operation of one of its brewpubs.

State Rep. Scott Cupps strolled into a Missouri Capitol hearing room wearing a sport coat made of old quilts and toting a hand-cranked Bingo ball spinner. The jacket was a gift from friends back in his Shell Knob district, commissioned by his grandmother’s old quilt club. The Bingo spinner, procured from “the nuns at St. Mary’s Hospital” in Jefferson City, was how Cupps planned to decide which bills would take another step toward becoming law — and which would continue to languish. Cupps…

Bayer AG filed a petition Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court in a bid to “largely curtail” litigation over its Roundup weedkiller.

Find out which St. Louis-area companies are growing the fastest in Inc.'s annual regional rankings for the Midwest.

Members of radio station KDHX are maneuvering in bankruptcy court, seeking eventually to block a sale of the troubled nonprofit's FCC license and broadcast tower.

4M Building Solutions, a growing St. Louis-based commercial cleaning and janitorial services company, is expanding its footprint in Missouri with a new acquisition.

President Donald Trump’s tariff increases will be significantly larger than expected, likely increasing the risk of higher inflation and slower economic growth, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday.

Hoffmann Family of Cos. has agreed to acquire N.G. Heimos Greenhouses, a Sunset Hills-based, family-owned business that's one of the nation's largest poinsettia growers.

A $44 million senior living facility and mixed-use development is the largest new development to open in East St. Louis since the Casino Queen decades ago.

R.P. Lumber Co. Inc., one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held businesses, is expanding in Wyoming with its latest acquisition.

While local corporate philanthropy was down in 2024, many companies still increased their giving — 37 of 60 firms that ranked in our Largest Corporate Philanthropists Lists increased local giving from 2023 to 2024.

I am not sure that one ever remembers the moment, or the time, when real friendship begins.

These new corporate leaders offer insights into their leadership style, the challenges of starting a new leadership position, and where you can find them on the weekends. v

"I believe that an inclusive economy, one that embraces the full diversity of our region’s talent, is both just and essential for long-term economic success," writes the head of the Cortex Innovation District.

Leadership at MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in St. Clair County is eyeing the addition of international flights following completion of a $29.1 million project.

A Maryland Heights engineering firm said this week it has purchased a testing laboratory firm in Tipton, Missouri.

St. Louis Inno Madness has returned, with 16 local startups competing to be the 2025 Inno Madness champion.

The Missouri House sent the state Senate a budget of almost $48 billion to fund state agency operations in the coming fiscal year, a spending plan almost certain to grow as the upper chamber adds more money for public schools and child care. The 13 spending bills use about $2.1 billion less overall and $800 million less in general revenue than recommended by Gov. Mike Kehoe when he presented his budget plan in January. More than half of the general revenue savings are cuts to Medicaid spending…

A new 45,000-square-foot indoor recreational facility centered around basketball and volleyball is being proposed at a Metro East city's existing sports complex.