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The developers, who include a St. Louis company with experience in historic renovations, plan an eight-story addition to the hotel.

Centene is terminating leases for two of its office buildings in St. Louis, but one has already leased most of that space to a new tenant.

The field of Democrats running for a chance to unseat incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner in Congress got smaller. Ben Samuels announced his departure from the midterm primary contest Friday morning, blaming partisan gerrymandering for his early exit. "I was drawn out of the district in this final version of the map," Samuels told KSDK. "The district explicitly was designed to be hard or unwinnable for Democrats." Wagner's office declined to comment on Samuels' departure from the race. Samuels…

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The development of a new Mississippi River cargo port that could make St. Louis a container shipping hub got a boost this month with a $25 million state grant for the project, announced as developers said they are meeting key milestones toward building and operating the port.

Black Lives Matter approved a $1.4 million grant to a nonprofit group founded by Michael Brown’s mother, a massive infusion of funding compared with revenue generated by the group in its early years, records show.

Signs are pointing to a slowdown for startups and their ability to raise cash like they have in recent years. Two St. Louis venture capitalist weigh in on the advice their giving their portfolio companies to help weather a potential economic downturn.

A LouFest vendor's quest for damages went to trial this week, in a case that involves allegations the music festival was mismanaged and brought out new information about its demise.

As it prepares its new high-profile Ballpark Village location to open next year, the company plans to continue expanding its frozen foods business, with a new product line hitting stores next month.

If you're looking for ways to enjoy the great outdoors as temperatures rise, St. Charles County Parks has something new that might interest adventurers. A water trail is now open as part of the first phase of the Dardenne Creek Blueway. The trail starts at 370 Lakeside Park in St. Peters and ends at Riverside Landing in St. Charles, according to a news release. The first portion of the new water trail is a 3.5-mile trip by kayak or canoe. Eventually, St. Charles County Parks plans to have the…

A Metro East-based furniture company is targeting late summer to open its largest furniture showroom to date, converted from a former grocery store in a strip mall in south St. Louis County.

The bank was looking for a place to consolidate offices before the pandemic began, but the analysis changed in the fall of 2020. "We said ‘this thing with Zoom and Teams, this is different and maybe there is something lasting about this.’"

A star St. Louis banker convicted of fraud but released from prison is back in court, as the feds seek to revoke his supervised release.

The St. Louis startup has software that uses data and artificial intelligence to create mathematical models designed to help freight carriers make decisions on how best to run their businesses. It plans to use its fresh funding to put its technology in the hands of more trucking companies.

The owner of the Post-Dispatch is making more staffing cuts at that newspaper and other local publications it owns, as a food magazine stops distribution beyond the St. Louis area.

The Chemical Building in downtown St. Louis has secured a deal to open as a dual-branded hotel with two brands, according to plans filed with the city.

The O'Fallon-based events software provider has made a global acquisition it says includes technology that will help its clients better protect their event venues from outside threats.

For the first time since the pandemic began, live music is returning to Fair Saint Louis in downtown St. Louis. Fair Saint Louis announced its live entertainment lineup Wednesday for this July Fourth, capping off the holiday weekend with a "90s House Party." The annual fair will take place July 2-4 – Saturday through Monday – at Kiener Plaza and Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis. Acts include X Ambassadors, Third Eye Blind, Tyler Farr, Rodney Atkins, Color Me Badd, Montell Jordan, Coolio,…

Unfortunately some of our country’s greatest inventors were bullied into obscurity.

Health care costs top the list of expenses that people report difficulty affording. Medical care has become so expensive, the Kaiser Family Foundation reports, that it’s considered pricier than mortgages and rent, monthly utilities and food budgets. Sixty-six percent of Americans, in fact, predicted they wouldn’t be able to afford health care in 2021. The result is that more than half of adults have delayed or gone without certain medical care during the past year due to cost. For Missouri…