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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has added two partners in the St. Louis office and Husch Blackwell hired a shareholder away from Polsinelli and made him a partner in the Clayton office.

Even when armed with decent research and good will, small business owners tend to make mistakes when choosing health insurance plans to support their employees. Settling for the cheapest plan or forgoing a partnership with a broker can result in costly hiccups. So before you embark on your health insurance search, learn the most common pitfalls and how to avoid them. Sticking with a plan or carrier year after year The number of health insurance plans available to small business owners can be overwhelming.…

An engineer with experience in the water and wastewater industries, as well as consulting and business development, has been promoted to president of the state of Missouri's largest investor-owned water utility.

The great resignation shows no signs of slowing down, with one in five workers planning to quit their jobs in 2022, according to a survey by PwC. And the number of resignations remains steady since last year, with 4.2 million people quitting their job this August. This situation continues to force employers to take a hard look at how they conduct business and engage with their employees. And offering great compensation isn't enough right now. Employers of all sizes are beginning to focus on other…

Big business interests may not have backed Megan Green's successful bid for St. Louis aldermanic president, but she said "my door is always open," even to those who supported her opponent in last week's special election.

Alden Global Capital has dropped its bid to buy St. Louis Post-Dispatch parent Lee Enterprises, according to a report. The development follows Lee staffing cuts, including at the Post-Dispatch.

The St. Louis Business Journal has opened up the nomination process for its annual Business of Pride Awards program, which recognizes and celebrates outstanding LGBTQIA+ business leaders and companies who are advocates for inclusion and equality.

A new investment firm formed in St. Louis to focus on quickly launching consumer health and wellness brands and products has started to build out its portfolio through partnerships and in-house brand development. Here are the firm's growth plans.

Republicans have been mostly in charge of the state for the past two decades, yet its growth numbers have been disappointing. They’ve been too easily distracted by the hot-button issue of the day. But there's hope: The current leaders are problem-solvers.

In early 2020, COVID-19 changed life as we know it. Small businesses closed and then reopened with new safety procedures in place. Employees quit in the millions, forcing business owners to reexamine their staffing policies, salaries and benefit packages. This was just the tip of the iceberg. More changes were yet to come, including financial constraints and a rapidly changing consumer market. This sudden and dramatic shift left small business owners interacting with their insurance companies differently…

When it comes to health insurance options, there are simply too many to count. It can be challenging to navigate insurance policies and their features and choose the best policy for your small business’s employees. We’ve put together seven important questions every small business owner should ask their insurance broker when evaluating health plans. These questions will help facilitate a fruitful discussion with your broker and give you a clear understanding of your options. Brokers can also…

After Tuesday's election, both Missouri and Illinois could soon have legalized recreational marijuana markets. The difference? Tax rates. "My gut reaction is that it won’t be a positive for Illinois.”

Centene is appealing — and could end up suing — over its loss of California Medicaid contracts. It says a rival that won the work had a proposal with "false, inaccurate and misleading information." That company, Molina Health Care, is hitting back.

Inclusivity benefits our workforce productivity and ensures there is no uneven or restrictive application of fundamental rights for Missouri families and spouses predicated on location. It is for these reasons I support the Respect for Marriage Act, writes the co-founder and former CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop.

Missouri firms were awarded $10.5 billion in defense contracts in 2021. We dug into the individual contracts, and the companies that are the St. Louis region's top contractors.

Born without arms, but driven by purpose, Letisha Wexstten is determined to use her experiences to help other disabled workers land jobs. To tell her story, she gave us access to some of the daily aspects of her life. Here is what we saw.

Long before ping-pong tables and beer taps in every tech startup office, long before hoodies and work-from-home Fridays, long before the Great Resignation, Jim Kavanaugh was thinking about culture. More than 20 years ago, the cofounder and CEO of World Wide Technology was focused on how to motivate and engage his employees so they did their best work, driving fantastic business results. The recipe he and his colleagues devised has two simple ingredients: Hire the right people and train them well,…

Martin Mathews, the co-founder of Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’ Club, died Wednesday at Evelyn's House, a hospice center in Creve Coeur. He was 97. He grew up in Southeast Missouri before moving to St. Louis with his family. In the mid-1950s, kids would come to Mathews' porch and beg the former player for lessons. His coaching led him to Handy Park where he met Hubert "Dickey" Ballentine. Together in 1959 they created the Mathews-Dickey Boys' Club, renamed the Mathews-Dickey Boys’ & Girls’…

A Pittsburgh-based restaurant chain has shuttered one of its west St. Louis County locations.

Technology is at the center of modern business transformation and leadership is the X-factor between surviving and thriving in today’s digital economy. St.LouisCIO brings together leading CIOs of Greater St. Louis’ largest organizations to help CIOs maximize their leadership effectiveness, create value, reduce risk and share success. Through member-led, non-commercial programs, CIOs build meaningful professional relationships with colleagues facing similar challenges, solving problems and avoiding…