Legislation allowing low-dose intoxicating hemp drinks to continue to be sold in grocery and liquor stores won the approval of committees in both the Missouri House and Senate this week.
A House committee advanced a bill 12 to 5 on Wednesday afternoon, followed the next morning by a 5 to 1 by a Senate committee.
While the bills carve out a place for hemp-THC seltzers to remain on store shelves, both bills ban intoxicating hemp edibles and vapes from being sold outside of marijuana dispensaries.
That…
St. Louis-based law firm BCLP on Thursday announced it plans to open two offices in Saudi Arabia, a move which the law firm said is an “important next step for the firm’s growth strategy in the Middle East."
Like many people, Joan Elhoffer started working at McDonald’s when she was 16 years old. But Elhoffer, now 65, never left the ubiquitous golden arches and has built a long career as an owner of St. Louis area McDonald’s locations.
The new reporter at the St. Louis Business Journal, Samir Knox, will be focusing on politics and innovation. He grew up in the St. Louis area and says he took this job "because I care deeply about this region and the people in it."
The impending closure of Mom’s Deli in south St. Louis follows a legal dispute between the family members that owns the longtime deli and its real estate, resulting in the eviction of the business from its home on Jamieson Avenue.
A bill changing the terms of the Missouri minimum wage law approved by voters four months ago will leave all the promised benefits in place but may delay their implementation, the chairman of a House committee looking at the law said Wednesday.
State Rep. David Casteel, a High Ridge Republican, told members of the House Commerce Committee during a hearing that they will rewrite the several bills seeking to change Proposition A. That process will take time, he said, telling them not to expect…
This week's Arch City Report Podcast examines a stalemate over the Rams settlement money in the city of St. Louis, plus a steep decline in development in the city.
Plus, we preview an event featuring economic developers, who will explain how they look to sell St. Louis.
The podcast, new this year and featuring Business Journal staff, looks to help you quickly understand the biggest stories in town each week.
The stories discussed this week are:
Plans for Rams money reach stalemate: St. Louis…
The developer who last year purchased the AT&T Tower Wednesday disclosed plans for a $350 million redevelopment of the massive, vacant downtown St. Louis skyscraper, saying new subsidies being weighed by state lawmakers are critical to the project’s completion.
Mom’s Deli, which has been in business for more than 45 years in south St. Louis, plans to leave its longtime home on Jamieson Avenue and reopen elsewhere.
Missouri Republicans formally began the push to reinstate a ban on abortion Tuesday night, with a proposed constitutional amendment outlawing the procedure with limited exceptions for victims rape and incest.
A Missouri House committee heard four hours of testimony on legislation filed by GOP state Rep. Melanie Stinnett of Springfield that seeks to overturn an abortion-rights amendment approved by voters in November.
The previous ban, which was in place for two years, only permitted abortions in…
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