A United Kingdom-based investment firm and seven entities of GKN Aerospace have asked the Missouri Supreme Court to dismiss them from a lawsuit that The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) filed, arguing they are not subject to state law because they aren’t incorporated nor have their principal place of business in Missouri.
Imo's Pizza announced Friday that it has signed a name, image and likeness (NIL) sponsorship deal with Mizzou Tigers quarterback Brady Cook.
Cook, a St. Louis native, will appear in Imo's print, electronic and billboard advertising as a sponsored spokesperson, plus engage in social-media outreach for the pizza chain, according to a release. During the 2023 football season, Cook will appear on Imo's billboard advertising in Columbia, Missouri.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Native Pet, a St. Louis-based pet nutrition startup that makes and sells all-natural supplements for dogs, plans to expand its operations after raising $11 million from investors.
Rootberry has launched nationwide direct-to-consumer delivery of its plant-based products, a move the startup expects to boost sales and expand its geographic reach.
Carr Lane Manufacturing Co., a St. Louis-based specialty parts manufacturer, relocated to a new production facility in suburban Austin, where its had operations for decades. The company said the move will support future growth.
A St. Louis judge issued an administrative order for 16 sheriff's deputies to immediately stand down from their jobs, stating that they were not hired following standard procedures.
Presiding Judge Elizabeth Hogan issued an order Wednesday naming 16 deputies who she said were hired without following requirements of state law, including completing applications and background checks and submitting references to the 22nd Circuit Court's Personnel Committee for review and interviews.
The order said…
Missouri’s public universities told state lawmakers Thursday that a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action won’t affect their undergraduate admissions.
The June 29 ruling decreed that colleges can’t consider race when deciding if to admit a student.
Missouri’s Joint Committee on Education, led by last year’s chair Rep. Doug Richey, R-Excelsior Springs, held a discussion of this change and invited the state’s public universities to comment.
Richey, who is running…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he’s interested in expanding a federal program to compensate people who have gotten sick because of the country’s nuclear weapons development and testing programs.
The Associated Press reported Biden told a crowd in New Mexico he was ”prepared to help in terms of making sure that those folks are taken care of.” The comment came a day after the president’s energy secretary stopped short of voicing support for the measure during a trip to St. Louis.
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Kansas City-based Lathrop GPM LLP won a $27.4 million verdict for Maxus Metropolitan LLC after a jury determined that Travelers Property and Casualty Co. of America improperly denied its claims.
The owner of a local grocer on Thursday acknowledged that it has been laying off employees, moves that come after it closed stores amid lawsuits over back rent and taxes.
The 1870s-era building near Lafayette Square that housed a few restaurants, including Vin de Set, is for sale by the owner following a fire that led to the restaurants’ permanent closures.
The Missouri Public Service Commission, the state’s primary regulator of our big investor-owned utilities, has served Missourians well for over 100 years. But a new electricity rate structure being implemented in the western half of the state has put the PSC in the crosshairs of the Senate’s floor leader.
Bar K – a dog park concept known for its amenities for both pets and humans, with a location in St. Louis – has fetched an acquisition deal that will catapult bold expansion plans.
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.
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.
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