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A Mississippi riverfront park has opened in downtown St. Louis, the first of several waterfront projects planned.

Starting your own business is a fantasy for many of us, but Nancy Imbs turned to other women to get the nerve to take her own leap into entrepreneurship. Imbs, founder and chief soft skills officer of Polished in St. Louis, believes you can do the same. "I believe there is nothing more powerful than surrounding yourself with self-confident women. They possess an empowering presence that humbly speaks, “I can do this.” These leaders cultivate their confidence by understanding their strengths…

Fresh off a re-election victory, St. Louis Alderwoman Cara Spencer said she has quit her job at Saint Louis Bank to focus on the public post at a new 14-member Board of Aldermen. "I cannot thank enough (Saint Louis Bank) for the privilege of working for a true community bank to further our shared vision of a stronger St. Louis," she said in a social media message Friday. "I have learned so much and gained so many friends - thank you!" Spencer added that she's "excited to focus full time on the…

St. Louis digital health startup Phas3, which provides software to help patients with cardiac rehabilitation, has been acquired Austin, Texas-based Ucardia.

Zoom Room, an indoor dog training gym, will open its first St. Louis-area location Saturday, May 13.

With just about an hour to spare before the constitutional deadline, Missouri lawmakers on Friday approved a record state budget of almost $51 billion that increases pay for highway patrol troopers and direct care workers and one of the biggest boosts in years for higher education. The $50.7 billion spending plan headed to Gov. Mike Parson’s desk is $1.3 billion more than he proposed in January and $2.2 billion more than the House-approved budget. It exceeds the budget approved in last year’s…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said Friday that three St. Louis-area cities would get nearly $6.6 million in grants from federal money to aid in industrial site development.

Seoul Juice, a sports drink alternative that was created in a Saint Louis University dorm room, is expanding its retail footprint in St. Louis, as it this week hit the shelves at Dierbergs Markets. Its founder, 28-year-old entrepreneur and SLU alumnus Luis Manta, is now setting his sights on nationwide expansion.

A major big-box retailer new to the St. Louis market has proposed its second store in the region, even before the first opens.

Missouri cannabis sales dipped in April but remained strong, according to data released by the state’s Department of Health and Senior Services.

A lawsuit from Boeing accuses U.K.-based Melrose Industries PLC, the owner of Boeing supplier GKN Aerospace in Hazelwood, of failing to adequately capitalize GKN, rendering it insolvent.

Harbour Group, one of the St. Louis region's largest private companies, has expanded its holdings with separate acquisitions of an Illinois chemical manufacturer and a California technology company.

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration said Friday it is awarding $703 million from the federal infrastructure law to replace aging passenger railcars, including 48 MetroLink cars in St. Louis.

A “comic-con” convention that has been held annually in St. Louis for nearly a decade has been canceled for this year and will not be held in future years, the convention organizer said.

St. Louis startup SteadyMD, which provides telehealth infrastructure for health care providers, has inked a commercial partnership with global health care giant AmerisourceBergen Corp.

The three warehouses an industrial developer built concurrently to create a new industrial park in Maryland Heights have officially opened, adding to the industrial arena in St. Louis, which has hit record lows in vacancy over the last several years.

Amongst the 6 million Jews systematically murdered, tortured and burned during the Holocaust were many tens of thousands of children.

Funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to St. Louis organizations stayed broadly consistent from 2021 to 2022. But, for some firms, funding increased dramatically last year.

Missouri tax collections plummeted 14.2% in April compared with the same month last year, in keeping with trends in Illinois.

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner said Thursday she would resign her office, effective June 1.