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Taco lovers may be spending their Tuesdays in a new spot next summer. Condado Tacos is opening its first Missouri location in Ballpark Village. The Ohio-based restaurant chain specializes in unique tacos, margaritas and tequila in a “colorful and energetic atmosphere,” according to a press release. The Ballpark Village location is set to open in summer 2023. It is one of 12 restaurants the brand plans to open next year. “We couldn’t be more excited to open our newest Condado Tacos restaurant…

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday appointed Vivek Malek as the next state treasurer.

The company signed a 15-year lease in 2019 to operate out of the renovated Post-Dispatch building, and had said in June it would retain the lease. But it's now downsizing.

Hotel occupancy in St. Louis was 7.4% below 2019 levels. Occupancy among 25 of the largest hotel markets nationally was 5.4% below pre-pandemic levels.

The company said its expansion will help position it to provide technology for the mining of key components used to make electric vehicle batteries.

Barry-Wehmiller Design Group is expanding its presence with an office in Minneapolis.

Graybar, the Clayton-based wholesale distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products, is expanding its footprint in Chicago through an acquisition.

Even if the city of St. Louis contributes $30 million in Rams settlement funds to the downtown convention center expansion project, it still will not have enough money for completion, the leader of St. Louis' tourism agency said Tuesday.

City SC will begin its 2023 season on the road before playing its first home game in a match that pits the MLS' newest teams against each other.

The Missouri Supreme Court in a ruling Tuesday sided with Creve Coeur in its fight to deny QuikTrip permission to open a gas station-convenience store.

The location gets its name from the translation from Bosnian for coffee sediment at the bottom of the cup.

The hefty fine and customer remediation addresses past practices tied to mortgages, auto loans and overdraft fees.

The local leader of the firm, with 96 attorneys here and 181 total full-time employees, said it's important that professional firms remain in the city, "but to meet the needs of our employees this is the best fit for us."

Opening one of the stores can cost between $200,000 and $800,000, including franchising fees and build out.

St. Louis County received about $4.8 million of the $45 million it is due from the state opioid settlement.

The attorney joined the office in 2012 as it was expanding its health care practice, which is her specialty. She became managing partner in 2017.

Chesterfield-based agriculture giant Bunge Ltd. plans to build a $550 million manufacturing facility as part of its continued focus on producing ingredients for plant-based proteins.

Word of Ray Wagner's retirement as Enterprise's government-relations chief came down in October, though he's there through the end of the year. He's now landed a government job.

The acquisition marks the end of a big quarter for the firm. In the fourth quarter, it added 155 route miles to its fiber network.

The appointment follows the resignation in July of Page Chief of Staff Cal Harris. That followed the leaking of a sex video involving Harris.