Digital consulting firm Perficient Inc. has created a global innovation group within its operations in an effort to determine how best it can help customers use cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology.
In the marijuana industry, they say potency is king.
Producers all over the country are competing to put the most intoxicating product on the shelves. And that can leave the labs who test these products in a tough spot.
At least, that’s been the case in California and other states where marijuana is legal, said Josh Swider, co-founder and CEO of Infinite Chemical Analysis Labs in San Diego — and Missouri should take note.
Back in 2020, Swider started getting calls from marijuana producers…
An audit, that was supposed to take less than a year to complete, will likely end up taking three times as long for the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, according to Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick.
The review is part of an overall citywide audit that the St. Louis Board of Aldermen requested in 2018. All of the audits on the city’s various departments are complete – except the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, Fitzpatrick said.
“It has just been delay after delay after…
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday vetoed a measure that would have granted existing utilities in downstate Illinois, notably Ameren Illinois, the “right of first refusal” for transmission line construction.
This would have given Ameren, the electric utility that serves much of downstate Illinois, authority to build new transmission lines without going through a competitive bidding process under federal regulations for any projects approved by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO,…
Communities across Illinois that lack access to nearby stores that sell high quality food may soon see that change.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed a bill that sets up a program to distribute $20 million for grants and technical assistance for grocery stores as well as funding research into food insecurity.
The grants will go to grocery stores that are independently owned, including for-profit and nonprofit organizations, co-ops and grocery stores owned by units of local government.
The program's…
The St. Louis-based developer behind the $300 million plan to redevelop the vacant AT&T tower downtown said it’s still pursuing the project, despite a media report this week that it had been dropped.
Brothers JJ, Clayton and Clark Costello have been involved with the family business since birth — so much so that when people ask 34-year-old Clayton how long he’s been working at CK Power, he tells them 34 years.
The brothers, who took over the company's operations in 2018, are the third generation of the Costello family to work at CK, a St. Louis-based manufacturer and distributor of power units and power generator solutions. The company was created in 1976 as a segment of Costello Kunze…
The building was sold at auction in a deal that closed in late June for roughly $9.7 million. St. Louis County appraisers set the value of the building at $25.99 million this year, up from $24.43 million in 2021, according to records.
When Rebecca Uccello got a call that her daughter’s Medicaid coverage was in jeopardy, she said it “sent me into a tailspin.”
Her 13-year-old daughter, Izabella, has been on Medicaid since age two because of severe developmental disabilities, including a birth defect which prevents her spinal cord from properly developing and a neurological condition which causes fluid build-up in the brain.
Uccello, of Springfield, Missouri, said she received renewal paperwork to verify Izabella’s eligibility…
The new building will enable The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) to expand its 15-year-old Pre-Employment training program with STLCC that provides the aerospace giant with a pipeline for future hiring.
The new brewery and restaurant will be the Louisville, Kentucky-based company's seventh location. It's set to open this November, the company's CEO said, assuming construction goes according to plan.
St. Louis-based clinical-stage biotechnology startup Wugen, which has raised more than $200 million in venture, has dosed the first patient in a clinical trial for one of its cancer-fighting drug candidates.
If your accounts receivable team is working harder than ever to collect payments and preserve cash flow, it may be time to automate your accounts receivable management.
Here are six things you can start doing today to improve team productivity and reduce days sales outstanding (DSO) – and how accounts receivable automation software can help.
1. Evaluate your accounts receivable status. To make informed decisions and prioritize collection efforts, it helps to understand which customers present…
The city of St. Louis selected a new community violence intervention provider on Thursday.
The city announced a partnership with a nonprofit already committed to the well-being of families across the city: Mission St. Louis.
The decision comes months after a callout to see who would take on the city's violence intervention initiative known as “Cure Violence St. Louis." The initiative started in 2020, administered by the St. Louis Department of Health, which hired local nonprofit Employment Connection…
I have been surrounded by doctors forever. So, over the years, when I became concerned about some medical issue, I had a number of folks to call for a thought on the “ailment” of the hour.
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