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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday reissued authorization for St. Louis gas utility Spire's contested pipeline.

The second phase of a nonprofit’s new $40 million north St. Louis campus, which will add more apartments targeted to the homeless population, has received preliminary approval from a city board for tax incentives.

An Edwardsville BBQ joint is set to close at the end of the year, as rising labor and food cost have made operation unsustainable. But, the owners plan to introduce a new restaurant and cocktail concept in its place.

Bayer AG will pay Oregon $698 million to settle a lawsuit alleging Monsanto Co. polluted the state with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, Oregon's attorney general said Thursday.

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc. on Tuesday fined Edward Jones $1.1 million for mishandling phone records Finra was seeking in inquiries.

So far, Centene has reached settlements that have been announced by at least 12 states, requiring the nation's largest Medicaid managed care provider to make about $552.4 million in payments. Centene last year set aside $1.1 billion to resolve allegations from states.

The city of St. Louis is pursuing the maximum amount of tax incentives possible for a developer seeking to convert a long-closed school in north St. Louis into apartments.

St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster Dan McLaughlin and Bally Sports Midwest have announced he will be stepping away from broadcasting.  McLaughlin, 48, was charged in early December by the Creve Couer Police Department as a persistent offender with one count of driving while intoxicated, a Class E felony, and one misdemeanor count of failing to drive within a single lane. He was previously charged and pleaded guilty to two DWIs, one in 2010 and one in 2011.  In 2010, he was sentenced to two years…

Legislation being considered by the city of St. Louis would strip aldermen of authority to recommend specific subsidy amounts for projects in their wards, a departure from long-standing practice that follows the corruption convictions earlier this year of three aldermen on tax abatement and other schemes. The board bill, from Alderman Shane Cohn, was heard Thursday at the Board of Aldermen's Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee. He indicated it could change some, including with input…

The cuts come after years of growth, but also as tech firms around the country and locally have resorted to layoffs recently.

Arch Grants, the St. Louis nonprofit that provides equity-free grants to startups, is giving a second round of funding to three of its portfolio companies. The startup funder said Thursday it is providing $100,000 grants to three of its St. Louis-based portfolio companies through its Growth Grants program, which gives follow-on funding to help previous Arch Grants winners expand locally. Thursday's announcement follows Arch Grants' announcement in November that it had awarded grants to 23 companies…

The local nonprofit behind annual film events including the St. Louis International Film Festival said it is buying the High-Pointe Theatre.

The bank donated its 5,439-square foot branch at 3207 Meramec St., which closed in 2019, to the Neighborhood Innovation Center. The nonprofit group, which goes by NIC-stl, was formed to support small businesses in the Dutchtown neighborhood of south St. Louis.

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is requesting $2 million in state tax credits to provide to donors who assist in the $100 million renovation and expansion of the orchestra’s venue, Powell Hall.

Updated with information from Thursday morning press conference. St. Mary's High School, the 91-year-old, Catholic boys' school that had been slated to close after this school year, has found new life. The school has inked a three-year lease with the Archdiocese of St. Louis, found a new religious sponsor and chosen a new name as it becomes an independent Catholic school. The Archdiocese said in September that it would close St. Mary's, as well as Rosati-Kain High School, an all-girls school in…

The changes cap off what has been a turbulent year at the region’s largest public company and mark a second major leadership change.

The ranking marks a significant change for St. Louis' hockey team, which was ranked as the least valuable in the NHL just before the current ownership group took over.

A whistlerblower led the U.S. Department of Justice to investigations into what the DOJ describes as illegal financial relationships and transactions.

A design-build contractor has begun work on KMOV's new studio in Maryland Heights, as the CBS affiliate says it will leave downtown St. Louis in May.

During its meeting Tuesday, St. Louis’ Board of Education approved a partnership agreement to sponsor Confluence Academies for four years. The agreement means Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS) will provide oversight for the Confluence schools, which will still be governed by an independent board. Confluence's current sponsor, the University of Missouri-Columbia, is ending its sponsorship of charter schools after this school year. Charter schools are tuition-free schools of choice that are publicly…