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The plan to convert a 96-acre portion of the Bayer campus to a new mixed-use development would reuse some of the existing office buildings, repurposing them for new offices and apartments.

The St. Louis County Port Authority has again started making investments in local startups from its Helix Fund after several years of inactivity.

Six new initiative petitions were filed Wednesday with the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office seeking to add exceptions to the state’s abortion ban for rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormalities and the health and safety of the mother. Three of the six initiative petitions would also legalize abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Each was filed by Jamie Corley, a veteran GOP political operative from St. Louis who has worked for three members of Congress, including as national press secretary…

Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) is selling a chain of general practitioner clinics in the United Kingdom to exit Great Britain’s health care system, the Financial Times reported Wednesday.

Big corporate names in St. Louis have donated millions to MetroLink's Secure Platform Plan, its $52 million project to control access to platforms across the 46-mile light rail system.

Kent Skornia, Krilogy’s president and CEO, said the firm’s growth – to now $2.4 billion in assets under management – required the experience that new CFO Mark Lewis has in finance, mergers and acquisitions, and growth-oriented projects.

A new state law allowing residents to access physical therapy without a referral took effect Monday.

Capacity, the St. Louis-based artificial intelligence software company led by serial entrepreneur and former Answers CEO David Karandish, for the second time this year has acquired another local startup. It also announced a deal to purchase a San Diego-based speech and voice technology provider.

Gov. Mike Parson signed the Show Mo Act into law Tuesday at the brand-new Gateway Studios, under construction in Chesterfield. The people who worked hard on this bill say it's been roughly 10 years in the making and will make a difference for entertainment in Missouri. It will give tax credits to entertainment companies who choose to perform, make movies or shows or even build studios here. “When the NFL draft was in our state, $164 million in one day. I mean, those are the kinds of investments…

Devastating flooding hit the area one year ago and now three St. Louis County communities will receive millions in funding from FEMA. University City was one of those cities with dozens of homes condemned as a result of the July 2022 flooding. Now they're receiving $3.2 million in federal funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to fix some of the issues. "It's just one step in the process and we hope there's several more down the road," said John Wagner. Wagner serves as…

The defamation lawsuit marks some of the first statements about the controversy by Tim Eby, who in 2020 was fired as St. Louis Public Radio's leader after an anonymous post by staffers who complained of unfair treatment.

An Arkansas-based cannabis firm in a recently filed lawsuit is alleging that a Missouri cannabis product manufacturer sold it cannabis that it knew couldn’t be used in the state.

The plan is for the five officials to eventually take an ownership share in the company as part of a long-term succession plan.

A new lawsuit seeks class-action status for former employees of a shuttered hospital in south St. Louis, alleging that its owners violated federal law by failing to file notice of the facility's closure.

Joe Martinez had always declined offers from out-of-state firms looking to acquire Dallas-based Phlox Capital Management. Things changed when he listened to a podcast earlier this year and heard Krilogy CEO Kent Skornia speak.

Penny Pennington says she’ll never be replaced by artificial intelligence – nor will her network of financial advisors at Edward Jones.

A Mexican restaurant and retail counter is getting ready to open in St. Louis’ Southampton neighborhood, as El Molino del Sureste will open Saturday, Sept. 9, at 5005 S. Kingshighway Blvd.

A bank board member whose seat was eliminated before its CEO was fired says she would've asked more questions before any move to dismiss him.

St. Louis mortgage technology startup OptiFunder found itself near the top of the 2023 Inc. 5000 list, with revenue growth from 2019 to 2022 of 4,767%. It expects continued growth, despite headwinds in the mortgage industry, believing its technology can help customers save costs.

The St. Charles County Council on Monday voted down a proposal for a massive housing development along Highway DD. The council was met with loud applause by those in attendance when it voted unanimously during its regular meeting not to approve plans for the controversial 299-acre Tall Tree development in unincorporated St. Charles County. The development, which would have bordered the Busch Wildlife Conservation Area and Broemmelsiek Park, faced pushback from many local residents; on two occasions,…