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A bill to protect one of the world’s largest chemical companies from charges it didn’t warn customers that one of its most popular products causes cancer won first-round approval Tuesday in the Missouri House. The legislation, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Dane Diehl of Butler, would make the label required by federal pesticide regulators “sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a warning label regarding cancer under any other provision of current law.” “This bill is going to put…

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday signed an executive order targeting state funding of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. The executive order bars state agencies from using public funds for positions, policies, or procedures that encourage greater diversity throughout the state. Agencies are also prohibited from considering factors relating to equity and inclusion while making hiring decisions. "While this order directs the removal of DEI-based programs, it does not apply to any requirements…

The fast-growing private university selected a new leader that its board of trustees said has "a deep passion for innovation."

The law firm of Carmody MacDonald PC has renewed its lease in downtown Clayton and will renovate the office space, a project made easier because the owner of the PNC Center added an amenities center to the 18-story building.

Walgreens is closing a north St. Louis location near the end of next month as part of a larger, three-year cost-cutting effort.

A St. Louis tradition for 115 years has been indefinitely postponed. The annual Annie Malone May Day Parade, originally scheduled for May 18 this year, will no longer take place, the organization announced Tuesday. The parade's organizers, Annie Malone Children & Family Services, said the parade's cancelation was due to increasing economic challenges. The organization said the announcement was a postponement in a statement to KSDK, but did not provide a rescheduled date and called for sponsors…

Perficient, the Town and Country digital consultancy that was taken private last fall in a nearly $3 billion deal, is seeking a new CEO.

City SC, which begins its regular season Saturday at Energizer Park, said Tuesday its new food vendors for the 2025 Major League Soccer season are Pappy’s Smokehouse, Damn Fine Hand Pies, Bolyard’s Meat and Provisions and Chicken Scratch.

The city of St. Louis’ Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority, which is seeking to gain control of Railway Exchange Building downtown, has appealed the sale price set for the property in eminent domain proceedings.

The nonprofit research institution hired a plant geneticist from the University of Cambridge in England to take over the organization later this year.

Missouri Technology Corp. (MTC) has committed $4 million in funding in its most recent round of venture capital investments, including eight St. Louis-area startups, as well approving $2 million in grants to strengthen the state's ecosystem. The organization also promoted its leader to a newly created post.

In a world where quality home care often feels unattainable, Woven Home Care is rewriting the narrative. Based in St. Louis, we have rapidly become a beacon of hope for our country’s aging population, their families and our employees who we affectionately call our “Weavers.” With a unique mission — "To make home the safest, most effective place to receive care" — we are not only meeting the demands of a growing eldercare market but are simultaneously setting new benchmarks for how businesses…

Fifty years of anti-abortion laws in Missouri have been struck down as unconstitutional over the last two months, culminating Friday with a Jackson County judge blocking clinic licensing requirements. Three days later, Republican lawmakers and anti-abortion activists gathered outside Planned Parenthood locations across the state to say they have no intention of retreating. “I’m here to tell you the Missouri supermajority of Republicans will not stand for this,” said state Sen. Mary Elizabeth…

St. Louis Community Credit Union has attracted about $30 million in deposits since launching the Community Impact Deposit program in 2022. The dollars have been used to fund a portion of the more than $40 million in business loans issued during the same period.

St. Louis' chances of scoring a Women's National Basketball Association team sooner rather than later have dimmed.

In the wake of FedEx’s closure of one of its warehouses in the St. Louis area, the building's owner said it’s found a new partial tenant to take the space.

A visit to a San Francisco bakery led to the creation of one of the nation's most successful and ubiquitous restaurant chains and helped usher in the era of fast-casual restaurants.

The decision comes after the owner of the high-end mall sued to evict the movie theater.

A coffee shop that’s also a branch of one of the nation’s biggest banks is among the new retail options at a St. Louis-area mall.

A Missouri judge on Friday blocked a licensing requirement for abortion clinics that providers argued was a key obstacle to renewing access to the procedure across the state. Hours later, Planned Parenthood clinics announced they would begin offering abortion services in Missouri. “Abortion care will be restored immediately,” said Emily Wales, President and CEO of Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood Great Plains. “The people voted, the court responded and we will do our part: serving…