Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday asked for applications for those interested in replacing St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who's resigning effective June 1.
Two proposals submitted by stockholders of Centene Corp. (NYSE: CNC) relating to executive compensation were not approved, according to preliminary results released at Wednesday’s annual shareholders meeting.
The Missouri House sent legislation to the governor’s desk Wednesday morning barring transgender youth from beginning gender-affirming care.
The bill passed 108-50. Only three Republicans joined every Democrat in opposition: House Majority Leader Jon Patterson, a doctor, Rep. Chris Sander, who is gay, and Rep. Gary Bonacker.
Democratic Rep. Peter Merideth of St. Louis asked Patterson, one of the legislature’s only physicians, why he dissented. Patterson commended the bill but said he can “see…
A Southwest Airlines Co. executive expressed optimism about the carrier's chances of reaching labor deals with its pilots and and flight attendants by the end of the year – but union leaders are less optimistic as the summer travel season approaches.
St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is asking a judge to quash the subpoena the Missouri Attorney General’s Office sent to Saint Louis University’s School of Nursing to find out how much time she is devoting to her degree rather than her office.
Gardner’s legal team is also asking the newly appointed judge overseeing Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s lawsuit to oust her from office to quash all of the documents the previous judge has ordered her to produce, according to court filings submitted…
A last-ditch effort to legalize sports wagering passed the Missouri House on Tuesday but immediately ran against opposition from the senator whose bill was modified to include it.
While the House has had no trouble passing sports wagering, identified as a priority by leaders of both parties as the legislative session began, the Senate has been unable to get past a fight between backers of a standalone bill and those who want to also legalize video lottery games in bars and truck stops.
The bill…
LaunchCode CEO Tasmyn Scarl has "departed" the St. Louis technology training nonprofit, it said Tuesday, after she was on the job less than two months.
I hear the same story over and over: Missouri employers have the jobs, but we just can’t find the people to fill them. A new program will make it easier to train the workforce we have to build our own talent.
Munsok So postponed his medical school plans to take over a struggling bar in Collinsville soon after his college graduation. He turned it into a successful business, and it set him on the path of becoming a prominent figure in St. Louis' hospitality scene.
The St. Louis Cardinals this season joined the Blues and City SC in featuring local restaurateurs among its concessions lineup. But the transition from brick-and-mortar restaurant to in-stadium vendor isn’t an easy one, nor without risks.
The 93,000-square-foot building looks like Class B on the outside but is an upgraded Class A office building on the inside, with top-of-the-line amenities such as a fitness center and cafe built by Centene.
In the first 90 days, the new circuit attorney will be in triage mode, utilizing all the resources available to begin to rebuild what is currently a broken office, writes a former prosecutor in the office.
Dan Lauer, who led the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ entrepreneurship program for seven years, has been hired as chief entrepreneurship officer at Lindenwood University.
A proposal making it harder to pass constitutional amendments, which one Democrat called “dog poop with icing,” is one step away from a statewide ballot.
On Tuesday morning, the Missouri House voted 107-55 to pass a measure to set the majority needed to pass amendments at 57%. The current threshold is a simple majority and has been since the state was created in 1821.
The measure needs one more vote in the state Senate. If approved, it would be on the November 2024 ballot unless Gov. Mike…
The labels and packaging for marijuana-related products, “shall not be made to be attractive to children,” the Missouri Constitution states.
That’s why state regulators are proposing requiring “plain or uniform labeling,” similar to those of cigarettes or medicines, said Amy Moore, director of Missouri’s cannabis regulation under the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.
During a hearing Monday with the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Moore said studies show that…
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