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Missouri's health director was effectively ousted after the state Senate on Tuesday declined to take up his nomination. The deadline to confirm Department of Health and Senior Services Director Don Kauerauf's nomination was Friday, and the Senate on Tuesday adjourned for the week, the Associated Press reports. Kauerauf took over as the state’s health director in September after his predecessor, Randall Williams, left the job in April 2021 without publicly citing a reason. The AP said that…

The newspaper manager joined the Post-Dispatch as editorial page editor in 2007, and took the paper's top job five years later.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker have declared states of emergency ahead of the winter storm this week. The Missouri National Guard and Illinois National Guard were activated to help with storm response. In Illinois, Pritzker said the response will include more than 1,800 IDOT trucks and equipment, ISP patrols to help stranded motorists and the state's emergency response team will be operating around the clock. In Missouri, Parson said the State Emergency Operations Center…

The Kansas City-area business that acquired a St. Louis-based financial planning firm has plans to turn the local office into a Midwestern hub.

Building codes exist to protect the health and safety of St. Louis County residents. However, St. Louis County building codes are full of redundancy and inconsistencies that pose real risks for residents and create inefficiencies and backwardness across the region. St. Louis REALTORS® compiled the first comprehensive list of building codes in operation across the county’s 89 jurisdictions and received 42 building codebooks, constituting 809 chapters and 16,786 pages of building codes that must…

The fast-casual restaurant chain will open its newest St. Louis-area location Wednesday.

Major League Soccer expansion franchise St. Louis City SC said Tuesday it has inked its first professional player contract, a major milestone as it prepares to begin play next year at MLS’ highest level.

The first day of Black History Month kicked off with bomb threats for several Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country – including Harris-Stowe University, which said Tuesday afternoon it "has reopened." St. Louis police were called there shortly after 4:30 a.m. for a report of a bomb threat at the campus in Midtown St. Louis. Police swept the campus and gave the “all clear,” according to St. Louis police spokeswoman Evita Caldwell. “Whether or not it’s connected…

A business consultant to nonprofit arts organizations will step into an interim leadership role at Jazz St. Louis while the nonprofit organization seeks a successor to former President and CEO Gene Dobbs Bradford.

The doors of two of St. Louis' most popular attractions are reopening Tuesday. You can once again make a trip to the Saint Louis Art Museum and the Missouri History Museum. Administration for both the art museum and the history museum decided it’d be best to close down in early January after a surge in Covid cases. The Saint Louis Art Museum announced it was having issues keeping staff safe and working after a surge of Covid positive cases among workers, and the local spike in cases of the Omicron…

The deal is "the largest dollar value commitment for freighter aircraft in the company’s history," said the commerce secretary in remarks at the White House signing.

The Missouri attorney general is seeking temporary restraining orders against some of the school districts requiring masks until lawsuits can be heard in court. Attorney General Eric Schmitt filed lawsuits earlier this month against 45 school districts that are requiring masks in an effort to reduce the spread of Covid-19. On Monday, he said his office had started filing for temporary restraining orders. According to a release from his office, three have been filed as of Monday in the lawsuits…

BioGenerator's 2021 investments came as its portfolio companies also found success in luring capital from additional investors, particularly those located outside St. Louis.

A Republican state senator argues that the state needs to provide law enforcement tools to protect residents and visitors from city of St. Louis crime. She also says Missouri needs to be "part of finding the right approach to help Lambert be all it can be."

The company says its newly developed app is designed to provide customers with market research while also creating a new revenue stream for nonprofits.

A Des Peres-based provider of transportation, energy, telecom and waste invoice payment and information services has a newly promoted president.

The pick-your-own family farms and retail operations in Metro East plans to add two new cider-themed attractions this spring at its site in Belleville.

The deal, the latest in a string of transactions involving downtown St. Louis office buildings, is part of the buyers' strategy to target buildings with only one tenant.

The donation was described as one of the largest individual gifts that each of the organizations has ever received.

Drawings for permits were submitted to the city Jan. 21 and have been approved.