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The Missouri Senate's culture is "not conducive to getting stuff done," Bill DeWitt III said after a push to legalize sports betting died. He laid out next steps in an interview.

The Wine & Cheese Place said it will open its planned new retail concept, Spirit Wine & Craft, in the Southampton neighborhood on May 24. A soft opening is planned this weekend.

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is asking a state court to shutter a St. Louis mover over claims it refused to provide agreed-upon services unless consumers paid "significantly more" than estimates. Schmitt's petition, in St. Louis County Circuit Court, identifies Ibrahim Secic as the top defendant, as well as 10 other individuals and four companies: United Relocation Movers, Eagle Eye Moving, Elite Moving and Storage and Road to Load Best Movers. The other defendants in the case are Enes…

A Maryland Heights-based provider of design and contracting services has made a switch in its top management.

America’s love for home delivery coupled with continuing pressure throughout the supply chain have companies scrambling for more space to store their products and fulfill orders. That’s been great news for industrial warehouse property owners and investors across St. Louis, where vacancy rates sit at a historic low of 2.7%. By the end of the year, the real estate services firm JLL predicts St. Louis will set a record with 8 million to 10 million square feet of industrial property absorption. The…

As part of its Growth Grants program, nonprofit Arch Grants is doubling down on its investment in four of its portfolio companies. The four startups plan to use the fresh capital to expand their footprint locally, increase production in St. Louis and hire local talent.

St. Louis Police Chief John Hayden is expected to announce Wednesday he will retire one month from now, and the search for his replacement is about to start over, according to a source familiar with the decision. Lt. Col. Michael Sack will serve as the city’s interim chief until Mayor Tishaura Jones’ administration can name a permanent replacement, according to the source. Hayden originally announced in September that he would retire in February, but that date came and went and Hayden said…

Richard Mark, chairman and president of Ameren Corp.'s Ameren Illinois subsidiary, plans to retire effective Aug. 1, the company said Tuesday. Ameren said it will announce his successor as soon as a final decision is reached. Mark has agreed to work with the company to facilitate an orderly transition for his successor, including extending his retirement date if needed, according to a Monday regulatory filing. Mark, 66 as of the company's annual report filed in February, has had a 20-year career…

It’s time to reinvent your office for the future of work. As companies embrace hybrid as the permanent way of working, leaders have a rare opportunity to maximize the potential of existing office space to better support their teams. According to new research from Condeco, hybrid workers overwhelmingly want to continue flexible work in the long-term, and that desire has major impacts on everything from daily productivity to company loyalty to how the office is configured. Whilst giving workers…

The new managing partner will become only the fourth in the firm's 70-year-history.

If they approve the agreement, Schnucks workers would see changes in working conditions as well as improvements to their health care plans at no extra cost to them, a union said. Raises are also in the cards for select workers.

The St. Louis startup will join a venture-backed company that is targeting growth after recently raising $25 million from investors. As part of the deal, the local startup's co-founders will join its buyer in new roles.

It's not clear what, if anything, will happen next for the St. Louis developer's plans to build 251 mixed-income apartments at the Berkley Riverfront after it failed to secure a 25-year property tax exemption from Port KC.

The new head of the St. Louis division, based in Downtown West, joined the bank in 2020, and will look to grow its wealth management business, his boss said.

The long-delayed expansion of St. Louis' downtown convention center is officially underway. The head of the firm managing project acknowledged that price increases are a challenge. But here's why he said that shouldn't delay the project.

A Chesterfield-based health care billing company has acquired a New Jersey-based provider of medical billing and coding services.

Emerson Electric has completed its massive merger deal with publicly traded Aspen Technology to create a new company focused on industrial software. Emerson CEO Lal Karsanbhai says the deal could led to more transactions.

After seven years in business, Mexican restaurant Don Emilianos Restaurante Mexicano of O'Fallon, Missouri, closed.

The owners of the South Grand staple, in announcing its closure, said "with so many of you, we have shared laughter and tears, newfound love and heartbreak, celebration and loss."

The privately-held Florida conglomerate, whose founder has invested more than $150 million to turn the St. Louis suburb into a national wine destination, is shifting the CEO title from father to sons, launching a co-leadership structure it says formalizes how the firm had already been operating.