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A nationwide residential property management company is heavily expanding its presence in St. Louis with the acquisition of a local property management company.

A big St. Louis-based elevator inspection company has expanded its reach with the acquisition of a Maryland-based elevator inspection business.

Marijuana dispensaries and warehouses across Missouri are holding on to more than 62,000 products in special vaults. The state suspects that they were infused with a questionable THC concentrate, or distillate, purchased from a Robertsville-based licensed marijuana manufacturer called Delta Extraction. Delta Extraction is fighting to get the Aug. 14 recall overturned — and one of the company’s main arguments is that the products were tested by state-licensed labs and don’t pose a health risk…

On Monday night, the St. Charles County Council unanimously approved a property tax freeze for area seniors. It was made possible after the state legislature passed a bill last session allowing for cities and counties to help out aging homeowners on fixed incomes. This property tax freeze would start next year and would be based on those property values for all St. Charles County residents 62 and older. The St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann said there has been some pushback from schools…

Washington University in St. Louis joined University of Missouri Health as the latest provider of care to transgender minors to announce it is canceling pre-existing prescriptions for puberty blockers or hormone-replacement therapy. A new state law restricting access to gender-affirming care bars those under 18 from beginning new treatments. But in a compromise with opponents of the ban, lawmakers grandfathered in patients who had begun a medical transition before the law went into effect on Aug.…

The company is developing technology to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through the ocean with a process that uses buoys to store carbon.

One of the largest manufacturing plants available for sale in Missouri has found a buyer.

The chief financial officer of the health system, which operates several facilities in Metro East, has exited the nonprofit, which continues to fight a "cybersecurity incident" that began late last month.

The deal is conditioned upon the closing of JetBlue’s planned merger with Spirit.

The St. Louis-based retailer, which sells women’s clothes, beauty products, gifts and home décor, plans to sell its direct-to-consumer assets to another retailer as part of a reorganization under Chapter 11 bankruptcy. If approved, the plan calls for shuttering brick-and-mortar stores.

Members of the United Auto Workers Union (UAW) say they will begin their strike at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday if their demands are not met. That day will mark the current contract expiration date. Currently, UAW workers at the GM plant in Wentzville say they're only eligible for a 6% raise with no pension or retirement plan for when people stop working. UAW Local 2250 held a rally on Sunday near the Wentzville plant to show the corporations how serious they are. Union members who attended shouted…

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 7.12% for the week ended Sept. 7 — down from 7.18% the prior week.

The shop's owner said she hopes to open before the end of the month, in the space that previously housed The Sweet Divine Bakery & Coffee Bar, which shuttered in June.

A pair of college students have founded Beacon Tags, which are QR code stickers designed to help people get back items that are lost.

Washington University will adopt a new financial aid policy next fall that aims to increase the affordability of an undergraduate degree from the school. Under the "no-loan" policy, federal loans for undergraduate students will be removed from all financial aid packages and replaced with scholarships and university grants, according to a news release from the university. The move will help ensure all students can earn a degree from the school without acquiring thousands of dollars in debt. "We…

The new church, which opens on Sunday, has 1,037 seats, with a community cafe and a wing set aside for children’s ministries.

A popular Halloween pop-up bar concept is returning to St. Louis next month with a new name and expanded operations.

The local fourth-generation family-owned retail chain has added a new location that also allows it to streamline distribution and expand product offerings.

Kevin King, who succeeded fired Saint Louis Bank CEO Travis Liebig, said the bank’s return on assets, return on equity and efficiency ratios are below peer banks of similar size.

Recent reports show good news in the construction industry — spending was up across most nonresidential categories in April, even in the face of recession fears. Spending on nonresidential construction totaled $1.05 trillion in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau on June 1. That’s up 1.9% from March and up 25.3% from April 2022. “Manufacturing-related construction spending growth…