The city now seems inclined to use the Rams settlement funds to establish an endowment. This comes after almost daily reminders of the massive needs of city neighborhoods, including downtown, writes Les Sterman.
The city of St. Louis has indicated it is moving toward eminent domain on 75 NorthSide Regeneration-held properties near the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency campus in North City.
The jet maker and the union that represents around half of its Washington workforce have been at an impasse over wage increases and retirement benefits.
Illinois surpassed $2 billion in tax revenue last year from all types of gambling and the state lottery – a record bolstered by continued growth in video gambling, sports betting and the opening of several new casinos.
But that growth comes at the expense of Illinois’ traditional riverboat casinos and the horse racing industry, which has been on a downward trajectory for decades.
An annual report published last week by the General Assembly’s fiscal forecasting arm laid out the state’s record…
A federal antitrust watchdog is already conducting an investigation into, and has filed a lawsuit against, huge pharmacy middlemen. Now two U.S. senators want the Federal Trade Commission to open a separate investigation into an emerging practice of their even bigger parent companies.
The middlemen are called pharmacy benefit managers or PBMs, and they have long claimed that their size enables them to force drugmakers to lower their prices and create savings for patients. But two of the big-three…
Marine Technology Inc., a Wentzville-based manufacturer of high-performance boats, has been sold to its employees through a new Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
TCARE, a St. Louis-based startup with a caregiver-support platform, has named a local health technology executive as its new CEO, continuing changes in its top leadership as it continues to grow.
He's already built one successful business and saved another. Now John Simmons is on a quest to revitalize the Metro East city of Alton, one building at a time.
The survey asked students which factors would help them choose one location over the other in part of the university's mission to help St. Louis retain young talent.
The St. Louis Blues said Tuesday Bally Sports Midwest will air 71 of its games in the 2024-25 NHL season, with the regional sports network continuing as its broadcaster amid uncertainty about its future.
The court debate Tuesday over how Missouri marijuana products get taxed statewide sounded similar to a grammar class on conjunctions and comma placement.
The constitutional amendment voters approved in 2022 legalizing recreational marijuana allowed local governments to impose additional sales tax on the products.
The big question before the three-judge panel of the Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District on Tuesday was: what did voters intend by “local government?”
Attorneys for St. Louis…
Three Planned Parenthood clinics in eastern and southern Missouri will shut their doors next month, though the organization’s leaders insist the moves will ultimately expand access to reproductive health care.
As part of the consolidation effort, Planned Parenthood Great Rivers will be expanding telehealth services and hours at its remaining St. Louis clinics.
The moves come as the state has successfully implemented legislation cutting Planned Parenthood clinics off from Medicaid funding, though…
A St. Louis law firm has hired Shane Chapman as a shareholder in its health care practice group, touting his experience in defending lawsuits in Metro East.
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