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St. Louis lawmakers on Friday passed new rules governing the retention of workers under certain city contracts.

The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday curtailed proposed rate hikes and rejected grid plans from two major electric utilities, mirroring a series of bombshell decisions rendered last month that cut increases for Illinois’ four largest gas utilities. The ICC rejected the pair of plans from Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois that were meant to illustrate how the companies would comply with the state’s landmark climate legislation, the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act. Those plans would…

A nonprofit developer plans about $235 million of housing projects in north St. Louis, centered around Fairground Park.

Call it whatever you want but believing in the remarkable and the unexpected is one of life’s pleasures and yes, often worthwhile.

The project would create a construction innovation district just south of the Gateway Arch.

Officials with St. Charles County said Thursday they had filed to intervene in a case challenging whether counties can implement 3% sales taxes on marijuana sales.

One of the St. Louis region's largest electrical contractors, which is also one of its largest privately held companies, is expanding its East Coast presence with an acquisition.

The brewery will predominately focus on European- and German-style beers, with plans to have four year-round offerings and four rotating offerings on tap, its owner said.

The St. Louis Cardinals for the time since 2017 are adding a new premium ticket section inside Busch Stadium, debuting a new club designed to honor former superstar Albert Pujols.

Ann Marr, the longtime World Wide Technology executive who led the firm’s human resource functions through its rapid growth, is retiring at year's end.

Three years after taking the dual role of University of Missouri-Columbia chancellor and president of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Mun Choi’s pay package has quietly approached $1 million through decisions made in a series of closed-door curators meetings. An attorney who works with Missouri open meetings law argued decisions on Choi’s salary should be made in public. In 2020, the UM System Board of Curators voted to merge the two roles and extend Choi’s employment contract…

Taqueria Morita, the seasonal pop-up from Take Root Hospitality, will expand its operations next year when it moves into a permanent home at 4239 Duncan Ave. in the Cortex Innovation District in the Central West End.

Vir Biotechnology Inc., a publicly traded firm seeking to develop treatments for infectious diseases, said Wednesday it is closing its St. Louis office in the Cortex innovation district as part of a wider cost-cutting initiative.

The 2,400-square-foot restaurant will feature a mobile drive-thru, kiosks for ordering dine-in and rapid pick-up, as well as mobile pick-up and delivery options.

The discount grocery business said its board has appointed, its interim CEO, a 30-year veteran of retail and wholesale format businesses, to a permanent role as the company's chief executive.

More contractors have filed suit against Green Street, claiming they weren’t paid for work on projects, as the state of Missouri claims the St. Louis developer failed to pay some unemployment taxes.

Nuso, a University City-based provider of cloud communications software, for the second time in recent months has expanded its geographic footprint by purchasing a firm based overseas.

Legislation to provide public subsidies for a downtown St. Louis hotel redevelopment failed to advance Tuesday amid a dispute between the developer and a local union.

A Milwaukee-based law firm that made the St. Louis area its 13th office nationwide has chosen a downtown Clayton office building for its brick-and-mortar location.

A nonprofit provider of housing, care and support services for older adults has agreed to acquire a privately-held St. Louis home health agency.