Danielle Deavens was frustrated. It was the holiday season of 2016, and, having made a pact with herself to buy gifts exclusively from Black-owned businesses, she found herself at an impasse. Though she knew there had to be companies selling a variety of products somewhere in the marketplace, she could not find them, despite her best efforts. Surely, there was a better way, she thought, as she lamented the situation to her partner, Doug Spencer.
“It was just a really clunky and disjointed experience,”…
Since 2003, Missouri has set aside a weekend at the beginning of August when families won’t pay state tax on new clothes and school supplies as they prepare for the start of the school year.
For just as long, every city, county and special district that imposes its own sales tax has had the authority to opt out of the Back to School tax holiday. With local sales taxes often matching or exceeding the state charge, the impact of the discount was limited.
This year, for the first time, there will…
A former front-runner to become St. Louis’ next police chief has sued the city alleging he was passed over for the promotion because he is white.
St. Louis Lt. Col. Michael Sack and former Lt. Col. Lawrence O’Toole were the only remaining finalists for the job after Mayor Tishaura Jones conducted a national search to replace John Hayden in 2021. The four external candidates failed to show up for the written portion of the selection process, leaving the two internal commanders standing.
Jones…
There’s a nursing crisis going on in the St. Louis area and across the country. Nurses are leaving the profession in record numbers, and it’s impacting how we’re all cared for when we need help.
“This is where you're going to have all of our patients that are in the beds," said Makenzie Buescher, a nursing student at Missouri Baptist University, showing us what her typical day is like.
She is one of the first fast-tracked nursing classes at Missouri Baptist University, where students passionate…
The flights were part of Essential Air Service, a federal program put in place amid airline deregulation to ensure small communities continued to get some air service.
Politicians praise word that the White House will reverse a Trump-era selection of Huntsville, Alabama as home for the command that's housed in Colorado Springs today.
The personal frustration of a ruined brasserie led St. Louis investor Kathleen Hearod to create a product designed to help women easily store their bras.
The nonprofit, which recently moved downtown, has put its former headquarters campus in the Central West End up for sale, marketing it as a potential addition to the Cortex Innovation District.
Time is running out to submit your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's annual 40 Under 40 Awards program, which celebrates young professionals in the St. Louis region.
The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, Aug. 4. Click the link here to submit yours before it's too late.
In November, the Business Journal will introduce a new class of 40 young professionals who are making a difference in the St. Louis business community. To be eligible for the 2023 program, a candidate must…
Drivers who need to renew their license at a secretary of state facility will likely have to make an appointment starting this fall.
Starting Sept. 1, 44 driver services facilities in medium- to large-sized cities around the state will require appointments for driver services – things like renewing a license, updating a license to meet Real ID requirements or taking a driving test. Vehicle services, like title and registration or renewing a license plate sticker, will still be offered on a walk-in…
If state regulators decide they need to investigate a licensed marijuana facility, they typically ask for certain records.
But an easy place for businesses to “hide” records is with their security companies or other contractors, said Amy Moore, director of the state’s cannabis regulation under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
Those “third-party entities” are not companies the state directly regulates.
“You can imagine the security companies would have a lot of…
More than 32,000 Missourians – half of them children – lost Medicaid coverage in June during Missouri’s first round of eligibility checks after the COVID public health emergency.
According to a Department of Social Services announcement Thursday, out of the roughly 116,000 Medicaid recipients who had their eligibility checked in June, around 43% retained coverage, 28% lost coverage and 29% have their determinations pending.
June was the first month of eligibility reviews as the state works…
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