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Part of a big St. Louis-based health system has agreed to turn over eight of its Michigan hospitals and an addiction treatment facility to a joint venture it's forming in that state.

The office of The Home Loan Expert LLC in Brentwood is closed and the company has voluntarily surrendered residential mortgage licenses in several states, including Missouri.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday passed legislation to set up a citywide permit system for short-term rentals such as are found on Airbnb.

St. Louis developer Green Street Real Estate Ventures has laid off staff members, citing "current levels of economic activity."

The announcement provided clarity after the university previously said the chancellor would step down amid operating deficits and long-term enrollment declines.

Digital consultancy Perficient Inc. said Friday it is set to acquire a health care-focused software development firm that will add nearly 200 employees and expand its growing global footprint.

With construction nearly finished on the final warehouses in the $250 million conversion of the former Fenton Chrysler factory into an industrial park, the developer is looking toward the project’s next phase with a hotel and restaurants.

St. Louis' largest construction projects in the works have a combined cost of more than $17 billion. We've compiled a list of what they are, where they're located and the drivers behind the projects.

One of the best scenes in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” was when Ferris handed over the keys to his friend’s dad’s super-fancy red sports car they were driving, to a fellow they believed to be a reliable parking attendant. The next time we see their car, it’s careening up the street and on a trip of its own. A pretty wild scenario that was, but not impossible.

Over the summer, Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined in the effort to try to convince a federal court to move a lead-poisoning lawsuit against a St. Louis company out of Missouri.  The litigation in question was filed by thousands of people from Peru suing Doe Run Resources Corp. over alleged injuries caused by its lead smelter in that country.  Bailey filed an amicus brief, signed by his solicitor general, arguing that the lawsuit should be handled by courts in Peru, where the plaintiffs…

An updated study of downtown recovery has St. Louis coming in dead last, down one spot, but the area considered doesn't include Downtown West, which has seen some increased activity associated with the Major League Soccer stadium.

Southwest Airlines, the busiest carrier at St. Louis Lambert International Airport, said this week it is making changes to its Rapid Rewards program.

Two St. Louis-area school districts will return to full local governance after years of state education officials overseeing their boards. The Missouri State Board of Education decided Tuesday that Riverview Gardens School District and Normandy Schools Collaborative had shown enough progress to return to traditional school-board elections. The state currently has appointed board members at Riverview Gardens and Normandy to create administrative boards, which will dissolve at the end of June. Missouri…

St. Louis developer Green Street, which plans numerous projects, has faced several claims in recent months that it hasn't paid vendors it's worked with.

Fort, a St. Louis toy startup that appeared on ABC’s “Shark Tank” television show and raised millions through a Kickstarter campaign, has had its product recalled.

In 1995, Jeff Karpel's Karpel Solutions launched its first criminal case management product and has expanded across the nation. Now his nonprofit foundation is focusing on using data to improve the criminal justice system.

The eighth annual Family Business Awards feature 10 companies that have made a tremendous impact on the St. Louis region. These family-owned businesses employ more than 1,000 people and had more than $400 million in 2022 revenue.

Its small-batch, slow-cured charcuterie meats use recipes and techniques from more than a century ago in Italy, and the company serves as a steward for the future by using Raised Responsibly ™ hogs and 80% less plastic in their packaging.

Eighty-five years after its founding, Traube Tent Co. is run by one remaining Traube descendant, but it still fosters an atmosphere where staff members feel like family.

Now headed by the second and third generations, The Goley Cos. emphasizes providing employees with an opportunity to establish lifelong careers and approaches high profile projects with the same care and precision as construction on private homes that helps families live more comfortably.