Businesswoman Zekita Armstrong Asuquo brings a fierce determination to any project she sets her mind to. A St. Louis native and Vashon High School graduate who has held roles in consulting, publishing, and diversity, equity and inclusion, she always knew that she wanted to start her own workforce development agency in her hometown.
Asuquo has navigated her own education and career largely on her own, lacking the support of pipeline programs or formal mentorship until joining the Regional Business…
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft wrote ballot titles for six proposals to restore abortion rights that were “replete with politically partisan language,” a Missouri appeals court unanimously ruled Tuesday.
In an expedited decision issued a day after hearing arguments, a three-judge panel of the Western District Court of Appeals upheld, with only minor revisions, the revised ballot titles written by Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem.
In a decision by a separate panel, the court upheld the…
Net profit for the quarter rose to $1.47 billion, up from $1.43 billion in the year-ago frame. Revenue rose to $15.57 billion from $15.09 billion, resulting from higher prices and so-called premiumization – emphasizing high-end versions of products – and other revenue management efforts.
A college football game spurred Tari Brown to launch her own startup. Today she is founder of Flair Wear, which sells skirts that feature college teams' logos.
Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher, accused of stealing from taxpayers, will likely limp into next session as an extremely weak speaker – if he manages to hold on to his job.
The Vatican has agreed to review the appeals made by parishioners of two local parishes that were closed under the St. Louis Archdiocese's "All Things New" restructuring plan and rejected the appeals of two others.
The Archdiocese said in a statement Monday that the Dicastery for the Clergy accepted petitions for recourse against decrees related to St. Elizabeth Mother of John the Baptist Parish in St. Louis and Sts. Philip and James Parish in River aux Vases.
The All Things New plan consolidates…
The National Association of Realtors, HomeServices of America and Keller Williams will have to pay $1.78 billion in damages after a federal jury in Kansas City found them liable for colluding to inflate or maintain high commission rates.
A Pennsylvania state court jury ordered Bayer AG to pay $175 million in damages to a man who blamed his cancer on its Roundup weedkiller, the first sizable verdict in a Roundup case in four years, according to Bloomberg.
The superintendent of the largest school district in the St. Louis area was abruptly placed on administrative leave Friday afternoon, according to an internal memo.
The Special School District of St. Louis County, which serves nearly 25,000 students, cited an "internal personnel matter" as the reason for Elizabeth Keenan's leave.
Jennifer Henry, the district's executive director of communications, confirmed the memo was sent to staff on Friday. She said she could not share any additional "confidential…
Food technology firm Benson Hill Inc. (NYSE: BHIL) said Tuesday it continues to pursue strategic alternatives for its operations, saying that discussions involved in that process could potentially take the firm private.
“By the end of the season we’ll have more than $3.5 million injected into small businesses, just in restaurants alone,” St. Louis City SC’s Chief Experience Officer Matt Sebek said.
Abortion rights initiatives proposed for the 2024 Missouri ballot would make it impossible for the state to protect women from unsanitary conditions at clinics, attorneys representing Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft argued to a panel of judges on Monday.
The restrictions on government regulation of abortions contained in the petitions would make safety and sanitation regulations unconstitutional, assistant attorney general Josh Divine told the Western District Court of Appeals.
“Under these…
A top St. Louis official conceded Monday the city hasn't studied what the impact would be if the government continues to lose a court case over remote workers who live outside the city but have been told to continue paying the city's 1% earnings tax.
A St. Louis lawmaker is demanding that Missouri regulators investigate what she called an “egregious exploitation” of social cannabis equity licenses, following a report by The Independent last week about a company that recruited out-of-state license applicants on Craigslist.
State Sen. Karla May, a St. Louis Democrat, sent a letter on Thursday to the state’s Division of Cannabis Regulation and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey demanding action.
Voters approved the microbusiness program…
St. Louis electronics provider Plug is relocating to a larger headquarters, a move its CEO says is being made to accommodate its rapid sales and headcount growth.
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