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Zillow, the Seattle-based real estate website, has released its list of the top U.S. metros for first-time homebuyers in 2023. See where St. Louis lands.

The move follows a review of its operations and “emerging trends in the global tax environment.”

With its victory in the pitch contest, V15able won $25,000 in non-dilutive funding that founder and CEO Letisha Wexstten says will help her startup begin to generate revenue from its online platform.

The company said the key to its rapid, nationwide expansion is signing multi-unit franchise deals with existing restaurant owners and operators.

So far, nearly 2,000 people over the past month have signed a document – known as a “mandate” — that also appoints state Sen. Robert Onder as a procurator to represent parishioners to pursue arguments under canon law.

Despite the possibility of a recession, Southwest executives remain confident in the outlook for next year and said they see no signs of a slowdown in travel demand.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s office has filed a motion for sanctions against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner’s office for failing to disclose evidence in her quest to free Lamar Johnson, according to a motion filed Thursday. Gardner’s office withheld a lab report from the Missouri Attorney General’s Office showing Johnson’s coat was positive for gunshot residue, and that evidence “would likely prove Johnson’s guilt,” according to the motion. The Attorney General’s…

A nonprofit that provides services supporting low-income families and individuals in the city of St. Louis has hired a new president and CEO.

Matt Estel, MBA Director of Sales for Wealth Management, Midland States BankDirector of Sales for Wealth Management Matt serves as Director of Sales for Wealth Management and is responsible for leading all field sales, financial planning, service experience, coaching, and talent development aspects of the Wealth and Financial Advisory businesses. With the goal to deliver holistic solutions to our clients, he develops strategies to identify consumer and business investor needs, effectively onboard…

The company has delivered more than 1,570 of the famed twin-aisle aircraft since 1968.

The firm said Thursday the move is tied to its ambition to reach profitability in 2023. It attributed the reductions to a new sales model it says requires less staff.

The mixed-use proposal calls for creating what it calls an “amenity-rich vertical city” at AT&T tower with only 300,000 square feet of office space on lower floors of the building, above a 150-room hotel.

The Westport-based, family-owned producer of non-ferrous metals, which has just over 120 of its more than 900 companywide employees based locally, has promoted an executive to the CEO's role.

With the fresh financing, the provider of R&D services for agriculture companies said it has been able to complete an acquisition of a local greenhouse business.

The former location in Clayton was 4,600 square feet and had an ATM inside. The new site has a drive-through ATM and an interactive teller machine, in which customers interact with tellers via video.

A St. Louis-based regional nonprofit that provides civil legal assistance to low-income individuals and families is moving its headquarters to space downtown.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Wednesday signed an executive order to create a commission to explore and recommend reparations for the city of St. Louis.  The National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America defines reparations as “a process of repairing, healing and restoring a people injured because of their group identity and in violation of their fundamental human rights by governments, corporations, institutions and families.” According to a news release from Jones' office,…

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (USCSB) released a video Wednesday outlining new details on the deadly 2017 boiler explosion at the Loy-Lange Box Co. in St. Louis. On the morning of April 3, 2017, a boiler at the Loy-Lange Box Co. exploded, launching debris the size of a full-sized van more than 500 feet away. That debris came crashing through the roof of Faultless Healthcare Linen. Loy-Lange employee Kenneth Trentham and three Faultless employees on their first day of work…

Alumnae and students at an all-girls Catholic high school continue to fight to keep the school open. This is after the Archdiocese announced it would close Rosati-Kain High School and St. Mary's High School at the end of the school year, as part of a consolidation plan. However, while both schools negotiate to see what's next, Rosati-Kain's process looks a bit different.  That's because of its building. Rosati-Kain High School opened in 1911 and has since 1922 operated out of a three-story…

Clayton-based Centene's Oregon subsidiary, Trillium, operates a coordinated care organization in several counties in that state.