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The builder said "there aren’t many owners who are willing to spend this kind of money on a building that will last forever."

More than 170 nominations were submitted for the St. Louis Business Journal's annual Best Places to Work Awards. The 68 companies identified here stand out as the finalists in this year's program.

Former St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin pleaded guilty on Thursday to a DWI charge. Prosecutors charged McLaughlin, 48, in early December as a persistent offender with one count of driving while intoxicated and one misdemeanor count of failing to drive within a single lane. The Creve Coeur Police Department said it received two calls about a suspected drunk driver in a white sedan. An officer found the reported car heading east on Ladue Road before taking Interstate 270 northbound. The…

The Missouri attorney general called on St. Louis Children's Hospital and Washington University to stop prescribing puberty blockers to new patients in a letter Friday. This comes after Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced an investigation into allegations made by a former employee of Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital. In an article published online Thursday, a former employee alleges the center was not thoroughly assessing patients before moving ahead…

The appointment of the new board member comes as the startup has charted rapid growth, quickly adding to its headcount as it plans to relocate to a new headquarters within St. Louis.

The proposal would add to significant new construction in downtown Clayton, which has also seen office vacancy fall.

Creve Coeur-based First Bank, working with content from the nonprofit group Prosperity Connection, is offering free finance classes at the branch it opened last October in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “Regardless of your age, it’s so essential to get a grip on your spending habits,” said one class attendee.

A St. Louis-based developer has a pair of factory-to-apartment conversion projects underway in a city of St. Louis neighborhood, topping $40 million in development costs.

Plaintiffs in the St. Louis earnings tax case have asked a judge to order the city to remove forms from its website that explicitly disqualify remote work as a justification for a refund.

St. Louis aldermen on Friday did not attempt an override of Mayor Tishaura Jones' veto of legislation seeking to return pension board control to firefighter interests.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday passed a $74 million spending package using federal American Rescue Plan Act funds, emphasizing traffic calming and the building of a 911 call center. The bill is just the latest ARPA allocation from the city, which is to get $498 million from the law. The city said earlier Friday that it had appropriated $291 million from the law, and spent more than $39 million. The latest bill, sponsored by Alderman Brandon Bosley, allocates: $12 million to design and…

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday allocated another $30 million for the expansion of the downtown convention center known as America's Center.

St. Louis lawmakers on Friday advanced legislation setting up a $5 million program to provide legal counsel for tenants facing eviction. The bill, which now seems likely to pass with one vote remaining, requires that the city's Community Development Administration have a program covering all city tenants by Jan. 31, 2027. It doesn't specify who the CDA should hire to act as tenant counsel. The legislation also requires that a landlord serving notice to evict also provide tenants a written notice…

The private Catholic university is pursuing a project that includes renovating classrooms and offices into new on-campus housing.

The St. Louis Blues star forward Vladimir Tarasenko has been traded to the New York Rangers, the teams confirmed Thursday. First reported by Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff, Tarasenko, 31, has been traded to the New York Rangers. The St. Louis Blues made the trade official Thursday afternoon, saying that Tarasenko and defenseman Nikko Mikkola would head to the New York Rangers. As part of the trade, the team will also retain 50% of Tarasenko's salary. The team acquired a conditional 2023 first-round…

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced an investigation into allegations made by a former employee of a St. Louis transgender care center, and U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is calling for a federal investigation. In a statement Thursday, Bailey said his office has been investigating the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital for two weeks after a whistleblower contacted his office. He said he was announcing the investigation after an article written by the former…

The Environmental Protection Agency identified an Ameren substation as the source of the contamination that has led the city of St. Charles to close multiple water wells. In a press release, the EPA said the results mean Ameren will be required to to address the contamination originating from the Huster Road Substation. “The Superfund program operates under the ‘polluter pays’ principle,” EPA Region 7 Superfund and Emergency Management Division Director Bob Jurgens said in the press release. Ameren…

The tourism bureau serving six counties in Metro East is using part of a federal grant to hire a consulting firm that could raise the region's profile as a destination for sports tourism.

Entrepreneurship is a pillar of Lisa Hu and Luke Babich’s marriage, but it’s not because they are in business together. Instead, they run separate St. Louis-based startups. Here's how they find support in their relationship.

And so after all of this review of these new possibilities of relieving folks of their hard-earned money, there appears another “technology” on the scene. And it is flat out remarkable.