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Southwest Airlines has hired former St. Louis-area Congressman Jerry Costello as a federal lobbyist, as it deals with fallout from its scheduling meltdown last month.

One of St. Louis’ longest-running real estate and corporate relocation agencies has been acquired by one of the region’s largest real estate brokerages.

A judge earlier this month ordered the city's revenue official to refund more than $8,000 to six employees who lived outside the city but were working remotely for employers within the city limits in 2020. But the city has kept earnings tax refund applications that explicitly disqualify remote work as justification for a refund.

The St. Louis Cardinals and Bally Sports Midwest announced Monday that Chip Caray will be the new play-by-play announcer for the 2023 season. Caray's selection was first reported a week ago by Davis O'Brien with The Athletic, citing multiple industry sources. Chip Caray is a native of St. Louis and graduated from Parkway West High School. His first play-by-play gig was with the Orlando Magic from 1989 to 1998. He eventually worked alongside his grandfather as a broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs…

The newly formed company, created through a merger that include a St. Louis-based firm, is hiring for new roles as it expands its technology.

The St. Louis-based pharmacy benefits management business has promoted an executive with decades of pharmacy experience as its new president after the prior leader left for a position with CVS.

The CEO of the St. Ann-based grocer said the moves are a "difficult but necessary" part of the company's transformation, and that Save A Lot remains profitable and positioned for growth.

The move comes after the company was notified by Nasdaq last week that its stock is being delisted, a decision it doesn't plan to contest.

A new executive chef who has 15 years of culinary experience working in upscale restaurants across the U.S. has joined the St. Louis region's largest hotel.

The new system that the city of St. Louis will use to award subsidies to developers allows the city to shape future projects by granting incentives for the types of development city officials most want to see, the consultant who developed the plan said.

A $90 million mixed-use, transit-oriented apartment complex built on the site of a former parking lot at a MetroLink station is now fully open after years of construction.

An O’Fallon, Missouri-based provider of event and venue management software is rebranding after a period of rapid growth.

The 30-year fixed mortgage rate averaged 6.13% for the week ended Jan. 26 — down from 6.15% the prior week.

The company that pays the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues to telecast their games may be headed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to Bloomberg.

This brewery owner had been thinking about opening a distillery when he saw a Facebook post advertising the a new development project taking place on Delmar and reached out to the developers. His distillery will open in September.

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen on Friday passed a bill to nearly double pay for the next group of aldermen. The bill now goes go to the desk of Mayor Tishaura Jones. Board Bill No. 119 was passed 15-8 at its third reading at the board's regular meeting, with one abstaining vote. It calls for doubling the pay for the part-time city alderman job from $37,400 to $72,000 per year. The bill also gives an $800 increase in each alderman's expense allowance, bringing them up to $5,000 per member. The…

The center said its new training academy will be able to provide workforce development programming “at multiple levels, from undergraduate STEM and geospatial degree and credential programs to advanced professional development opportunities.”

The new indoor entertainment destination in Midtown, which was built inside the historic Armory, a long-vacant military, sports and concert complex the size of four football fields, opened in mid-December. Here's how it's sized up to the developer's expectations since opening.

The bank has to wait for approval of a new federal floodplain map before it can begin construction. So in the meantime, it's installing a two-piece modular building as a temporary office.

It's the most likely outcome "short of a miracle," one analyst said.