Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher ended months of speculation about his political future Wednesday, officially announcing his candidacy for lieutenant governor.
Plocher, a Republican attorney from Des Peres, joins state Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder and Franklin County Clerk Tim Baker in the GOP primary. All three are vying to replace Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, who is running for governor. Democratic state Rep. Richard Brown is also running.
During his time in the legislature, Plocher has championed bills…
Emerson Electric Co., the Ferguson-based industrial technology and software company, has closed on its planned acquisition of Austin, Texas-based National Instruments Corp. (NI) in a deal that has an equity value of $8.2 billion.
A billionaire philanthropist is backing a pilot program to help fight poverty in his hometown.
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and current CEO of Block (NYSE: SQ), formerly Square, gave $1 million to help kickstart the city of St. Louis' Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program. Forbes estimated Dorsey's net worth at $3.1 billion earlier this month.
The city launched a website on Tuesday where parents of school-age children can sign up to receive notifications about the $500 monthly cash…
Omniose, a St. Louis startup focused on developing vaccines to prevent bacterial infections, has been awarded up to $3 million in federal funding to advance development of one of its vaccine targets.
A St. Louis alderwoman typically considered among the board's left flank has come out against controversial legislation decriminalizing public urination and defecation for homeless people and making it easier to open homeless shelters in city neighborhoods.
A reorganization at the University of Missouri-St. Louis has led to creation of the Advanced Workforce Center and the hiring of an executive director with extensive experience in the field.
BCLP said its leadership team will be instrumental in building on the firm’s recent momentum, which includes the addition of a 15-person, market-leading Intellectual Property and Corporate team from Dentons, the launch of a new office in Seattle, and the arrival of more than 25 lateral partners around the world.
The new Connected Learning Center has benefited the Urban League’s Career Technology Center that holds classes on basic computer literacy and professional development.
When it comes to internet speed, what works today will not be enough for tomorrow. Homes and businesses increasingly need more bandwidth to keep up with the continuous surge in online devices and applications.
“The more needs you have, the more speed you need,” said John Singleton, chief technology officer of i3 Broadband. “All devices today are coming with an internet connection and that will lead to a need for faster speeds.”
From smart washers and dryers in homes to high-definition video…
Florissant City Council members on Monday approved an ordinance authorizing a land swap that would turn nearly 30 acres of Koch Park into a new subdivision.
The council unanimously approved Bill 9918 after more than an hour of public comment during Monday night's city council meeting. The ordinance authorizes Mayor Timothy Lowery to transfer ownership of nearly 32 acres of park property to Koch Park Development LLC, in exchange for 43 acres adjacent to Sunset Park to be used as parkland.
The issue…
The move by the $4 billion publicly-traded company is led by a CEO who is well-known to St. Louis and who touts the region's central location as a motivating factor.
SLU on Monday held a ribbon-cutting for its new O’Loughlin Family Champions Center, a 25,000-square-foot facility designed to provide a number of services for the university’s 400-plus student athletes. The $20 million facility is slated to open formally later in October for student-athletes at the private Jesuit university.
A new St. Louis-based company formed to develop electric propulsion systems for the aerospace industry – specifically, electric systems for emerging aircraft that have been described as “flying cars" – has received all required regulatory approvals and has named a local exec to lead the company.
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