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Missouri's jobless rate inched up in September, to 2.9%.

Development agency St. Louis Development Corp. could spend up to $100,000 to secure the Railway Exchange Building, a development that comes after a fire earlier this month damaged the long-vacant, massive downtown structure.

Elected officials in rural Missouri are looking to sell key public assets. While it may be a good idea, they have a responsibility to go through the process in an open, transparent fashion.

Thanks to a $35 million federal grant, The Opportunity Trust – an educational nonprofit devoted to transforming public education throughout Missouri – will launch 16 new, innovative schools.

A car dealership has purchased two office buildings in Creve Coeur, including the headquarters of a St. Louis-based retailer, after a prior redevelopment effort fell through due to economic conditions.

An East Alton-based aircraft maintenance company has agreed to buy an Ohio-based aircraft services business.

Intramotev, a St. Louis-based startup developing an autonomous, zero-emissions railcar, has been accepted into the accelerator program of chipmaking giant Intel Corp.

The fast-casual fried chicken sandwich restaurant has shuttered a location it opened in 2020.

Utility customers throughout Illinois will likely see higher natural gas bills beginning in January after staff at the state’s utility regulatory agency recommended rate increases for four gas companies. Those recommendations – made by administrative judges at the Illinois Commerce Commission – next go to the appointed five-member commission itself. Over the next two months, the ICC will weigh whether to approve rate hikes for the 4.1 million customers of Ameren Illinois, Nicor Gas, Peoples…

The St. Louis County Council on Tuesday passed a bill to freeze property taxes for senior homeowners. The bill passed 4-2 at the council's regular meeting, with one council member absent. It now awaits the signature of the St. Louis County Executive Sam Page.  The bill would freeze property tax increases for homeowners 67 and over whose homes are worth $550,000 or less.  This comes as the county considers tax hikes and spending cuts amid a $25.8 million budget hole. According to the St. Louis…

The firm chose a building where the owner is working on a new amenities center with a rooftop deck, conference rooms, lounges, a game room, golf simulator and fitness center.

A Wisconsin-based manufacturer of packaging, display merchandising and signage is laying off 271 people across several of its Illinois facilities, including one in Metro East.

One of the St. Louis region's largest banks said customers received notice in early October that the branch will close. It plans to make enhancements to two branches nearby.

Service Employees International Union Local 1 said employees of Aramark at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis have demanded recognition of their intent to join the union.

A plan to build a silica mine in southeast Missouri suffered yet another setback on Tuesday when an appeals court ruled state regulators were within their authority to deny the project a permit.  The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Eastern District sided with the Missouri Mining Commission, which denied NexGen Silica a permit in January because it submitted an incomplete application.  “NexGen’s permit application did not identify all parties with any interest in the land and did not contain…

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher fired his chief of staff on Tuesday —  just weeks after the Republican lawmaker was accused by nonpartisan legislative employees of unlawful conduct. In a letter to legislators, Plocher announced that the chief of staff position in his office is vacant effective immediately. Up until Tuesday, that job had been held by Kenny Ross, who has served as chief of staff to the last three Republican speakers — Todd Richardson, Elijah Haahr and Rob Vescovo. There…

A sunglasses startup launched by a prominent St. Louis inventor that has laid dormant for several years is now seeing new light. Popticals, which sells collapsible sunglasses, has returned to operations under new ownership.

Chesterfield-based Technology Partners said Tuesday it has appointed Supantha Banerjee as chief operating officer, a newly created role.

Marijuana prices rose in many parts of Missouri on Oct. 1 as new local taxes took effect. Lawsuits filed in Buchanan and St. Louis counties argue that some of those taxes are illegal. The constitutional amendment that legalized recreational cannabis sales included a 6% statewide excise tax and authorized local governments to charge a sales tax of up to 3%. The question now before the courts is whether the local taxes can be “stacked,” meaning a dispensary within the boundaries of an incorporated…

Missouri Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven announced on Tuesday that she plans to resign at the end of June. After making her announcement during the State Board of Education meeting, Vandeven told reporters it was “the right time to move on personally and professionally to a new opportunity [she] hasn’t discovered yet.” Her resignation caps a tumultuous tenure as the state’s highest ranking education official. Vandeven became the commissioner in January of 2015, but she was ousted…