President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he’s interested in expanding a federal program to compensate people who have gotten sick because of the country’s nuclear weapons development and testing programs.
The Associated Press reported Biden told a crowd in New Mexico he was ”prepared to help in terms of making sure that those folks are taken care of.” The comment came a day after the president’s energy secretary stopped short of voicing support for the measure during a trip to St. Louis.
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Kansas City-based Lathrop GPM LLP won a $27.4 million verdict for Maxus Metropolitan LLC after a jury determined that Travelers Property and Casualty Co. of America improperly denied its claims.
The owner of a local grocer on Thursday acknowledged that it has been laying off employees, moves that come after it closed stores amid lawsuits over back rent and taxes.
The 1870s-era building near Lafayette Square that housed a few restaurants, including Vin de Set, is for sale by the owner following a fire that led to the restaurants’ permanent closures.
The Missouri Public Service Commission, the state’s primary regulator of our big investor-owned utilities, has served Missourians well for over 100 years. But a new electricity rate structure being implemented in the western half of the state has put the PSC in the crosshairs of the Senate’s floor leader.
Bar K – a dog park concept known for its amenities for both pets and humans, with a location in St. Louis – has fetched an acquisition deal that will catapult bold expansion plans.
Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced Thursday that the new head of its Edwardsville, Illinois, office is the first Black person in the role of office managing attorney for the firm.
Food technology firm Benson Hill has appointed a chief transformation officer, a new role that comes after the company said this week it’s “exploring strategic alternatives” for its operations.
The violent death of a friend led Rachel Ebeling to co-found The Angel Band Project, a nonprofit organization that provides free music therapy to victims of sexual violence and intimate partner violence.
Victims living in St. Louis, who were exposed to radioactive contamination from nuclear waste during the federal government-run Manhattan Project, are one step closer to receiving financial compensation after the U.S. Senate passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri.
The amendment, which passed the Senate 61-32, would entitle victims to compensation under the National Defense Authorization Act.
"For 50 years, the federal government has put into the water, into the soil, into…
A portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has expanded its quilting and crafting business with the acquisition of a design business.
The 960-square-foot restaurant is a prototype of what the company has dubbed its “Express model,” which does not have a dining room and offers a streamlined menu, double drive-thru and carryout service only.
One of the largest companies headquartered in downtown St. Louis is conducting a search for a potential new office, with the option of moving out of downtown when its lease expires in a couple years.
The Boeing project, dubbed Operation Voyager, calls for construction of multiple buildings totaling 1 million square feet. The aerospace giant has said the expansion will enable it to compete for the “next franchise programs” from the Pentagon.
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