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The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.81% for the week ended July 27 — up from 6.78% the prior week.

A local restaurant chain is adding two locations to its existing four sites.

The less-than-truckload carrier followed up layoffs by padlocking its freight yards.

Drivers who need to renew their license at a secretary of state facility will likely have to make an appointment starting this fall. Starting Sept. 1, 44 driver services facilities in medium- to large-sized cities around the state will require appointments for driver services – things like renewing a license, updating a license to meet Real ID requirements or taking a driving test. Vehicle services, like title and registration or renewing a license plate sticker, will still be offered on a walk-in…

If state regulators decide they need to investigate a licensed marijuana facility, they typically ask for certain records. But an easy place for businesses to “hide” records is with their security companies or other contractors, said Amy Moore, director of the state’s cannabis regulation under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. Those “third-party entities” are not companies the state directly regulates. “You can imagine the security companies would have a lot of…

More than 32,000 Missourians – half of them children – lost Medicaid coverage in June during Missouri’s first round of eligibility checks after the COVID public health emergency. According to a Department of Social Services announcement Thursday, out of the roughly 116,000 Medicaid recipients who had their eligibility checked in June, around 43% retained coverage, 28% lost coverage and 29% have their determinations pending. June was the first month of eligibility reviews as the state works…

A Creve Coeur-based distributor of home appliance parts and other equipment has named three executives to help lead its ongoing growth.

One of St. Louis' largest engineering firms that's also one of the region's largest privately held companies has made several changes to its leadership team as it also merges with a related company and prepares for continued growth.

A St. Louis-based developer known for student housing hopes to build new apartments and townhouses in the Delmar Loop.

Centene Corp. increased its managed health care membership by 2 million – or 7% – over the past year, resulting in its second consecutive quarter of $1 billion in profit.

The U.S. Senate voted narrowly Thursday in favor of expanding a program that compensates Americans who become ill because of exposure to radiation from the country’s development and testing of nuclear weapons to cover Missourians. The proposal, offered by Sen. Josh Hawley, was attached as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes funding levels and sets policy for the Department of Defense. The bill itself still faces a Senate vote and agreement by the U.S. House…

ROBERT BOBROFF, market president and CEO, St. Louis Business Journal: How important is building education facilities for the growth of the St. Louis region? KEVIN MEYER, managing director, FGM Architects: Schools are an investment for everyone of all ages – students as well as residents with and without school-age children. Education has changed tremendously in the last 50 years. We’ve moved from desks in straight rows facing the teacher to a highly interactive environment with flexible and…

It was the middle of the summer in the early 1950s, and the temperature was above 100 degrees.

The meetings and events industry is almost back to pre-pandemic levels, but St. Louis-area experts say it has changed in several ways.

The feds on Thursday revealed health care fraud charges against a well-known St. Louis urgent care operator.

The auction, which ended Wednesday, was seen as key because a new holder of the note could have moved to foreclose on the building's current owner, giving the 1.2 million-square-foot structure a new owner.

Element8, an internet service provider based in Fort Worth. Texas, said Wednesday it has made an investment in Wisper as part of its “national expansion strategy.”

Centene Corp.’s Texas subsidiary has received a new contract under a state-federal program for low-income individuals who have physical or mental disabilities or who are elderly.

The new space will feature a "molino," a traditional mill where corn is grown into fresh masa and which will include a retail counter where customers can buy masa products like tortillas and tostadas.

Growing up in a family that ran a retail-centered commercial real estate firm, Laura Jones always expected she would one day work for RL Jones Properties, which is owned by her parents, Ramona and Lloyd Jones. Graduating during the Great Recession accelerated the timeline.