An education advocate filed a federal lawsuit Monday against St. Louis Public School Board alleging it illegally banned him from meetings and district property.
Chester Asher, founder of Coalition for STL Kids, filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Missouri with the help of the First Amendment Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis. He alleges the ban violated his constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution.
Named as defendants…
The St. Louis Business Journal has opened up the nomination process for every 2025 awards program — from the Corporate Philanthropy Awards, celebrated in May, to the 40 Under 40 Awards, recognized in November.
The 2025 awards lineup includes the return of some signature programs, like the Most Influential Business Women Awards and our Champions for Diversity & Inclusion program. It also includes the Business of Pride Awards, the Family Business Awards, the Corporate Counsel Awards and our Best…
The St. Louis Blues will air three games later this season on KMOV-TV (Channel 4) and sister station Matrix Midwest in a “test” of broadcasting games on over-the-air television.
St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones was out of town on work trips at least 64 times during her first 42 months in high office, a major departure from the practices of her predecessors but a strategy she says is paying dividends for the city.
We're starting a podcast this week. It's called the Arch City Report and will feature staff of the St. Louis Business Journal newsroom discussing their work on the biggest stories of the week. You can download it on Thursdays.
Now that we've got that out of the way, and before I go any further, I know what you're thinking: "Who doesn't have a podcast, right?"
It's not a silly thing to ask, and for good reason. The medium may have been around for 20 years, but it's ceased being a pop culture novelty.…
The February 2024 tie-up resulted in a new Am Law 200 law firm with about 275 attorneys in nine offices and about $150 million in gross annual revenue.
There was progress in 2024 towards finding solutions to some of the biggest vacancies in downtown St. Louis. However, much work remains in redevelopment, with 2025 poised to be a big year in seeing if plans advance.
Two of the St. Louis area's largest grocery chains announced they would close stores early again Monday after a snow and ice storm moved out of the area but left road conditions treacherous.
All Dierbergs Markets locations will close at 3 p.m. on Monday, a day after they closed early on Sunday. A spokesperson for Dierbergs said they plan to reopen stores Tuesday at 6 a.m.
Schnucks' locations in the following areas will close at 3 p.m. again on Monday:
St. Louis metropolitan area (Including St.…
The downtown St. Louis building that formerly housed BB’s Jazz, Blues & Soups has been listed for sale, with hopes a new owner can revive the vacant building to once again operate as a music venue.
In a sign that merger and acquisition activity is heating up, St. Louis-based Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) on Monday announced an agreement to buy a European investment bank that focuses on technology and health care companies.
Utility companies could base customers’ rates on projected expenses rather than actual costs under legislation critics worry would increase Missourians’ bills.
Several bills prefiled ahead of the Missouri General Assembly’s legislative session, which starts Wednesday, would apply the new ratemaking standard to gas, water and sewer — but not electric — utilities. Lawmakers considered similar bills last year, but they did not make it to final passage.
Currently, utilities rely on audited…
In 2022, Heather Overstreet moved her growing dog grooming, training and boarding business into a converted garage.
It was a milestone for a business she started at age 16 by training dogs for friends of her mother. She innovated on the furnishings, refurbishing a bathtub left behind by the previous owner to use for dog washing. She built indoor kennels with room for 12 dogs and fenced 10,000 square feet outdoors to exercise dogs in daycare and overnight boarding.
But future expansion is on hold,…
A winter storm that moved through the St. Louis area late Saturday through Monday morning left Missouri and Illinois roadways covered despite cleanup efforts.
The rain drizzled down Xavier Messiah, as he and his younger brother waited outside Union Station in St. Louis.
Donning their black “Deer Owl Family Farms” hoodies — their family’s cannabis brand — they stood ready with stacks of business cards outside the MJ Unpacked cannabis conference on Nov. 4.
“Happy Tuesday!” Xavier exclaimed, as he handed everyone he encountered a business card.
“I got that from my father,” he later said. “It’s a great way to stop them without interrupting…
Airport and city officials have taken the biggest step so far in the proposed $3 billion redevelopment of St. Louis Lambert International Airport by approving a design team with ties to the airport’s origins.
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