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The lawyer has joined the firm’s Clayton office as a partner in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.

A Missouri House member violated a state disclosure law by voting on an appropriation that helped his employer, according to a report approved unanimously on Wednesday by the House Ethics Committee. The committee, made up of five Republicans and five Democrats, was investigating a complaint against state Rep. Justin Sparks, a Republican from Wildwood, related to his employment with the National Law Enforcement Foundation. The committee found “no support for the claims made in the complaint,”…

Storms swept through the St. Louis region Wednesday afternoon, leaving damage in their wake. A tornado touched down in Washington County near Potosi in Missouri, as well as in Bond County near Greenville, Illinois. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said no fatalities had been reported as of Wednesday evening. Here's what we know so far about Wednesday evening's storm damage. Washington County, Missouri Multiple residents throughout Potosi and other nearby areas shared video and pictures of the…

The Israeli company flew executives from Tel Aviv to show clients its new plant, which it says is the first-of-its-kind in the U.S.

The 55,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility will function as a social impact hub, research lab, think tank and workspace, and is designed to advance innovation and economic growth in Alton, the Metro East and the St. Louis region, backers said.

A number of St. Louisans, and others with ties to St. Louis, appeared on Forbes' list of the world's billionaires for 2025.

A Democratic U.S. senator from California is blocking the nomination of Missouri Republican Ed Martin Jr. to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia, calling him a “one-man wrecking ball” on social media. U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, in a news release issued Tuesday, cited Martin’s actions since being named interim U.S. attorney as the reason for the hold. “For the past nine weeks, Ed Martin has consistently undermined the independence and abused the power of the U.S. Attorney’s office…

A Hebrew phrase has guided Dan Glazier's career -- tikkun olam, which translates into "repairing the world."

A St. Louis construction and development firm plans to acquire a downtown St. Louis office building and add 60 apartments with a $16 million conversion project.

Two St. Louis-area chefs have advanced to the next round of the 2025 James Beard Foundation Awards, the top prize of the culinary world.

The Savannah Bananas, the barnstorming baseball team scheduled to play this weekend at Busch Stadium, has rescheduled its St. Louis games due to rainy weather in the weekend's forecast.

Conference Technologies Inc., a St. Louis-based tech firm, has acquired an audiovisual integration and events business in Arkansas.

More than 1 million people seeking care such as contraception or testing for sexually transmitted diseases and cancer could be affected by the Trump administration withholding more than $27 million in Title X funding to Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide, according to estimates from the Guttmacher Institute. Planned Parenthood state affiliates said they were notified that the funding they receive under the Title X family-planning program would be temporarily frozen, Politico first reported Monday…

A Chesterfield-based developer of electric infrastructure has received an equity funding commitment from a New York investment firm.

Washington University is increasing its tuition price and considering changes to construction and hiring, as it remains uncertain about its standing with federal funding under the Trump administration.

Hooters of America filed for bankruptcy protection, and it plans to sell its restaurants to franchisees that will keep them open.

A Clayton location of a national retailer’s convenience store concept will soon close its doors.

St. Louis Community College on Tuesday celebrated the opening of the $61 million Advanced Manufacturing Center on the Florissant Valley campus.

The company has installed one door opener at the stadium, and hopes to continue implementation at the stadium and elsewhere.

A former executive of a local charity admitted to embezzling about $690,000 over more than a decade.