Hemp is often known for being the part of the cannabis plant that doesn’t get people high.
It’s full of CBD, a nonpyschoactive cannabinoid that helps people relax and often found in massage oils and sleep aids.
But much has changed since hemp was taken off the controlled substance list in 2018 by the last U.S. Agriculture Improvement Act, more commonly known as the farm bill.
Now state regulators can barely keep up with the constantly evolving ways that people have found to make intoxicating…
On Wednesday, the St. Louis Reparations Commission asked for new recommendations before the end of the year.
Dr. Will Ross, the commission's vice chair, said meetings will continue until the end of December. The commission will put together a final report and send it to Mayor Tishaura Jones and the Board of Aldermen in January.
"We're not going to move our city forward until we have some healing and that racial healing means we have to afford the resources. There has to be some allocations of resources…
The Hoffmann family, which plans to transform Augusta, in St. Charles County, into a national wine destination, is selling the property for one of its planned projects.
An industrial park in north St. Louis County has landed two new tenants, in a pair of deals that marked some of the largest industrial activity in the region during the third quarter.
Boeing, a critical St. Louis employer, is moving big into drones and a sixth-generation fighter aircraft, with plans for major expansion in North County. But with the exception of a groundbreaking scheduled for the spring of 2024, the rest of the aerospace giant's local ambitions are far from an absolute certainty.
St. Louis Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III says he’s optimistic about downtown St. Louis, believing it has “passed the bottom” after being plagued by inactivity during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The pandemic in hindsight was a "blessing in disguise," Simone Faure said, as it offered a reset and allowed her to make some necessary operational changes at Chouquette, like launching an online store and paring down its menu.
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher ended months of speculation about his political future Wednesday, officially announcing his candidacy for lieutenant governor.
Plocher, a Republican attorney from Des Peres, joins state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder and Franklin County Clerk Tim Baker in the GOP primary. All three are vying to replace Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, who is running for governor. Democratic state Rep. Richard Brown is also running.
During his time in the legislature, Plocher has championed bills…
Emerson Electric Co., the Ferguson-based industrial technology and software company, has closed on its planned acquisition of Austin, Texas-based National Instruments Corp. (NI) in a deal that has an equity value of $8.2 billion.
A billionaire philanthropist is backing a pilot program to help fight poverty in his hometown.
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and current CEO of Block (NYSE: SQ), formerly Square, gave $1 million to help kickstart the city of St. Louis' Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program. Forbes estimated Dorsey's net worth at $3.1 billion earlier this month.
The city launched a website on Tuesday where parents of school-age children can sign up to receive notifications about the $500 monthly cash…
Omniose, a St. Louis startup focused on developing vaccines to prevent bacterial infections, has been awarded up to $3 million in federal funding to advance development of one of its vaccine targets.
A St. Louis alderwoman typically considered among the board's left flank has come out against controversial legislation decriminalizing public urination and defecation for homeless people and making it easier to open homeless shelters in city neighborhoods.
A reorganization at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has led to creation of the Advanced Workforce Center and the hiring of an executive director with extensive experience in the field.
BCLP said its leadership team will be instrumental in building on the firm’s recent momentum, which includes the addition of a 15-person, market-leading Intellectual Property and Corporate team from Dentons, the launch of a new office in Seattle, and the arrival of more than 25 lateral partners around the world.
The new Connected Learning Center has benefited the Urban League’s Career Technology Center that holds classes on basic computer literacy and professional development.
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