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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…

Studies show that 87% of employees consider health and wellness offerings when they decide to work for a company. To keep pace with the changing needs of employees since the onset of Covid-19, employers are enhancing their wellness plans and benefits packages to take more of a whole health approach to health care. To help employees along this journey toward overall well-being, employers are focusing on areas that go beyond just physical health. Addressing mental health, financial health and societal…

The number of Wash U grads living in the St. Louis region has dipped in recent years, even as its leader in 2019 pledged to make the elite institution a better neighbor. Chancellor Andrew Martin lays out its strategy to reverse the trend, including becoming more "immodest" and launching a program aimed at better addressing workforce needs.

St. Louis Business Journal data reporter Maddy Simpson moved here last year and met other young professionals through a young adult group. Now, many of these same people are moving out of St. Louis.

St. Louis is losing more college-educated people than it gains, Census data show. It's a trend that's ominous for the region, since it could lead to a scarcity of new ideas and the same people moving from one leadership position to another, one expert said.

KMOX is changing its weekday lineup for 1120 AM and 98.7 FM after the retirement of longtime host Charlie Brennan earlier this month.

Sarah Fenske will leave her job as host of KWMU's signature local talk show for a post with Riverfront Times owner Euclid Media Group, effective June 22.

The new Ladue branch will replace St. Louis County Library's current headquarters at 1640 S. Lindbergh Blvd. and is expected to be completed in late 2023. The total cost of the project is $22 million.

St. Louis County lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to a subsidy package for a trucking company's new headquarters.

Thirty-one National Football League teams have pitched in $232.5 million toward the league's $790 million settlement with St. Louis, a new report says.

As BioSTL’s director of workforce strategy, Justin Raymundo is exactly where he wants to be. Since joining BioSTL in 2021, Raymundo has led the innovation hub’s strategic efforts around developing and retaining bioscience talent locally. Raymundo began his career at Monsanto, where he held roles focused on corporate responsibility and international partnerships. He began his tenure at the agriculture giant as an intern while studying at Webster University. Before joining BioSTL, Raymundo…

Chesterfield-based homebuilder McBride Homes and others have agreed to a $16.5 million settlement in a class-action lawsuit that alleged McBride executives acquired significant parts of the company without notifying or compensating its employee-owners.

A $73 million apartment building would be constructed at a Forest Park Southeast site previously granted a property tax abatement for office and retail, if officials approve.

Since Steven Beal’s death, the board of directors of National Railway Equipment has led the privately-held, employee-owned company with about 400 employees.

Airfares at St. Louis Lambert International Airport are up 25% year-over-year, a new study says, more than in larger markets.

Founded in 1946, The Allied Group is a fulfillment services provider that offers document management, diagnostic kits and mail services to health care and life science firms.

When financial technology startup SwipeSum began to plot what was next after its lease expired at its office in Laclede’s Landing, it kept an open mind. SwipeSum, which provides software-focused payments consulting services for businesses, considered ditching the office all together and going fully remote, CEO Michael Seaman said. It also looked into coworking space to provide it with a smaller footprint to implement a hybrid model. Ultimately, it ended up sticking to a traditional office and…

A St. Louis County woman on Monday admitted to federal authorities that she pretended to be a landlord to get $267,239 in pandemic-related assistance.

Seven St. Louis-based companies appeared on the 2022 edition of the Fortune 500 list, down from eight last year. Here are the firms that made the cut.