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A St. Louis-based janitorial services company, one of the St. Louis region's largest privately held businesses, is growing its health care division.

Armstrong Teasdale LLP announced Thursday that the new head of its Edwardsville, Illinois, office is the first Black person in the role of office managing attorney for the firm.

The Muny plans to add a backstage pavilion to its outdoor theater in Forest Park, and city preservation officials have agreed to the construction.

Food technology firm Benson Hill has appointed a chief transformation officer, a new role that comes after the company said this week it’s “exploring strategic alternatives” for its operations.

The violent death of a friend led Rachel Ebeling to co-found The Angel Band Project, a nonprofit organization that provides free music therapy to victims of sexual violence and intimate partner violence.

Victims living in St. Louis, who were exposed to radioactive contamination from nuclear waste during the federal government-run Manhattan Project, are one step closer to receiving financial compensation after the U.S. Senate passed an amendment sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri. The amendment, which passed the Senate 61-32, would entitle victims to compensation under the National Defense Authorization Act. "For 50 years, the federal government has put into the water, into the soil, into…

A portfolio company of WILsquare Capital, a St. Louis-based private equity firm, has expanded its quilting and crafting business with the acquisition of a design business.

The 960-square-foot restaurant is a prototype of what the company has dubbed its “Express model,” which does not have a dining room and offers a streamlined menu, double drive-thru and carryout service only.

Missouri Technology Corp. has committed funding to four St. Louis-based startups in its newest batch of venture capital investments.

One of the largest companies headquartered in downtown St. Louis is conducting a search for a potential new office, with the option of moving out of downtown when its lease expires in a couple years.

Chesterfield-based Mercy, one of the nation's 25 largest health systems, has hired a new top human resources executive.

The state's largest natural gas utility has named a new president for its Missouri operations.

The Boeing project, dubbed Operation Voyager, calls for construction of multiple buildings totaling 1 million square feet. The aerospace giant has said the expansion will enable it to compete for the “next franchise programs” from the Pentagon.

A series of investments in amenity upgrades at Clayton office buildings have prompted building owners elsewhere in the St. Louis region to embark upon a similar strategy in the hope that, as Clayton continues to fill up, companies in search of premium office space might begin casting their eye elsewhere.

The Creve Coeur-based food technology firm said Wednesday it has hired an asset management firm to “explore strategic alternatives” for its operations, a move that comes as it continues to cut costs amid losses.

TricorBraun, a global packaging business based in Creve Coeur, is expanding again with the purchase of a Colorado-based can company.

A Boeing official told the county council that sites other than St. Louis have been considered for the aerospace manufacturer's proposed $1.8 billion expansion project, which would include construction of multiple buildings totaling one million square feet.

Thai restaurant King & I on Sunday, Aug. 13, will permanently close the doors to its South Grand restaurant, as it will relocate to a new location in Richmond Heights next month.

A St. Louis-based family of companies focused on hospitality has promoted one of its executives to a new role.

The international conglomerate, which has its North American base in St. Louis, won a $197 million competitive grant through the Department of Energy as part of the American Battery Materials Initiative. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm on Tuesday hailed the company's investment in a $400 million battery plant in St. Louis as critical to addressing climate change.