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Centene Corp. donated $19.5 million locally in 2022, to organizations including the Missouri Botanical Garden, Washington University and the Muny.

Edward Jones donated $17.5 million locally in 2022, putting the firm second on our Biggest Corporate Philanthropists - Large Companies List. The firm says that its philanthropy and volunteer opportunities not only gives back to its community, but help recruit and retain talent.

Schnuck Markets Inc. donated $15.3 million locally in 2022 to organizations including the Operation Food Search, the United Way and the Urban League.

Thompson Coburn, a St. Louis-based law firm, in 2022 contributed almost $2.7 million in cash and in-kind giving to the St. Louis region.

Keeley Cos., with about 975 total employees and companywide revenue of $440.6 million in 2022, contributed more than $2 million in cash and in-kind giving to the St. Louis region last year.

The team could break ground on a Las Vegas ballpark next year and open in 2027.

Anti-diversity budget language called a “job killer” by the Missouri Chamber of Commerce didn’t survive the Senate Appropriations Committee Wednesday, as the panel wrapped up its work on the state spending plan for the coming year. Over two days of work, the committee added more than $3 billion to the House-approved budget for state operations in the coming fiscal year. The biggest items added Wednesday were $300 million for the Department of Mental Health to build a new psychiatric hospital…

Town and County-based Elessent Clean Technologies, which provides process technologies for manufacturers, has been tapped to develop a sulfuric acid regeneration plant in China.

The city of St. Louis anticipates spending 7.1% more in fiscal 2024, to $1.32 billion, driven by employee pay increases. City Budget Director Paul Payne made an initial presentation to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, the three-member top fiscal body, on Wednesday, the first in a series of steps toward finalizing the budget, which takes effect July 1. Estimate and Apportionment, made up of Mayor Tishaura Jones, Aldermanic President Megan Green and Comptroller Darlene Green, is to meet April…

St. Charles County Executive Steve Ehlmann on Wednesday appointed Joseph McCulloch to be the county's prosecuting attorney, following the resignation last month of Tim Lohmar.

Rosati-Kain Academy, formed as a successor to the Archdiocese-sponosored Rosait-Kain High School, has named its first president.

Of the many lessons recent history has taught the business community, two stand out. First, despite advances in machine learning and increasingly powerful analytics, the future remains largely unpredictable. Second, the most resilient companies are those that are prepared for uncertainty. By anticipating the future, these companies develop ways to safeguard against their own obsolescence. You, too, can help future-proof your business by embracing ways to minimize the shocks and stresses the future…

Lobbyists representing conservative philanthropist and activist Rex Sinquefield are making a push against a state takeover of the city of St. Louis' police department, giving St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones a powerful ally in efforts to defeat the proposal in the final weeks of Missouri's legislative session.

STL TechWeek will take place next week, with 30 events planned from April 24-28 to spotlight all things technology in St. Louis. Its schedule includes industry conferences, networking events, career development programming, startup expos and technology tours and demonstrations.

The site is next to a shopping center with an Imo’s Pizza location and other businesses, and is close to Balkan Treat Box’s first brick and mortar location, which opened in 2019.

The $1.8 million will add to the budgets of the six nonprofit groups, which over two years are projected to serve about 800 “disenfranchised” families, provide 130 affordable homes and assist 100 new homeowners, officials said.

CSI Leasing, a Creve Coeur-based global IT equipment leasing and resale company, has promoted a new chief information officer.

The proposed Missouri state budget grew by more than $2 billion Tuesday as the Senate Appropriations Committee dipped into the massive state surplus to widen Interstate 70 from Wentzville to Blue Springs. The committee also added hundreds of millions for other programs to the spending plan passed late last month by the Missouri House, either by adopting original proposals from Gov. Mike Parson or initiating new spending lines. Restoring Parson’s proposal to increase pre-kindergarten programs…

Behavioral Health Response, a St. Louis-based behavioral health services nonprofit, looked internally for its new leader.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson appointed three new members to the University of Missouri System Board of Curators on Monday. Robert Blitz, Robert Fry and Jeanne Sinquefield must be confirmed by the state Senate before joining the board, which meets Thursday. They are not included in a list of nominations to be considered by the Senate’s Gubernatorial Appointments committee, which is scheduled to meet Wednesday morning. Ahead of these appointments, the board had two open seats and three curators serving…