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Kevin Bryant, the developer behind the mixed-use Kingsway district in north St. Louis, is suing the city’s Land Clearance for Redevelopment Authority.

The St. Louis Business Journal is currently accepting nominations for the 2025 Family Business Awards, which recognize family-owned companies that are navigating financial success, overcoming challenges and making an impact in the St. Louis region. The deadline to submit a nomination is Sunday, July 20. Submit yours here. The program will award companies in several different categories based on the number of generations of ownership. Winners will be selected by the St. Louis Business Journal's…

The combination will create a full-service commercial bank with about $20 billion in total assets, $17 billion in deposits and $13 billion in wealth management assets.

The Texas-based retailer has filed for bankruptcy protection but said it plans to move swiftly through the restructuring, with tens of millions in new financing already lined up.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States didn't reach a consensus on national security.

Of the 96 microlicenses issued so far, 41 have either been revoked or are currently at risk of being revoked. Another three are under investigation

The St. Louis Business Journal is still accepting nominations for the 2025 Best Places to Work Awards program and you have until Monday, Dec. 29, to submit your nomination before the price increases to $350 per nomination. The cost to participate is currently $250 per nomination. If your company is among the best places to work in St. Louis, submit your nomination for our annual program. Applying for this awards program is a two-part process: First, fill out the Best Places to Work Awards nomination…

The deal appears to be the first for San Francisco-based private equity firm.

The 26,875-square-foot facility will have an outdoor mini golf course, eight lanes of duckpin bowling, three karaoke rooms, four golf simulators, curling, virtual reality, three party rooms, a full-service kitchen and two bars.

Ameren Corp. has completed a $5.5 million project that has added a new electric vehicle charging system at its Downtown West headquarters.

The new year is just around the corner and new Illinois laws will be going into effect alongside it. From caps on prescription costs to digital driver's licenses, here's a look at some of the notable changes Illinoisans will feel come Jan. 1, 2025. What will be the new minimum wage in Illinois? Workers making minimum wage in Illinois will see an increase on their checks starting Jan. 1. Wages for hourly workers will increase from $14 to $15. Tipped workers will see an increase to $9 from their…

The family, with ties to the St. Louis-area and led by billionaire David Hoffmann, acquired nine of the properties used by a dairy it bought out of bankruptcy earlier this year. It wants to open more locations across the country.

It's the university's second M&A deal in as many years.

The deadline to submit your nomination for the St. Louis Business Journal's 2025 Innovation in Philanthropy Awards, a program that celebrates innovative partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local companies, has been extended to Monday, Dec. 30. SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE. These awards highlight companies and organizations that are going above and beyond the standard philanthropic practices to evolve programs in our communities. In your nomination, tell us about the creative ways…

St. Louis parted ways with its jail commissioner, Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah, over the weekend. “Today, Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah’s employment with the City of St. Louis was separated effective immediately. Tammy Ross is currently acting as the Commissioner of Corrections,” Mayor Tishaura Jones' director of communications, Conner Kerrigan, said Saturday in a statement. Tammy Ross on Saturday was named the jail's acting commissioner. Consultant Doug Burris, credited for changes at the St. Louis…

A candy store chain has opened its first location in the St. Louis region.

Illinois utilities are set to invest more than a billion dollars into upgrading the state’s electric distribution grid, resulting in higher rates for customers around the state. The Illinois Commerce Commission on Thursday approved scaled-back plans submitted by Commonwealth Edison and Ameren Illinois, the electric utilities for northern and southern Illinois, respectively. ComEd is part of Chicago-based Exelon Corp. (Nasdaq: EXC), and Ameren Illinois is part of St. Louis-based Ameren Corp. (NYSE:…

A Missouri judge on Friday temporarily struck down several laws that Planned Parenthood clinics have said made access to abortion all but impossible across the state. Among the laws Jackson County Judge Jerri Zhang blocked include a 72-hour waiting period for an abortion and a mandate that physicians performing abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. But abortions will not yet restart in the state because licensure requirements remain in place. Planned Parenthood Great Plains,…

Following a weeks-long political battle over who gets to pick the next St. Louis County prosecutor to replace outgoing Congressman-elect Wesley Bell, a judge ruled Friday that the right belongs to Missouri Gov. Mike Parson. County Executive Sam Page and Parson both claimed the authority to fill the vacancy, with each naming different attorneys to serve the two remaining years of Bell's term. The dispute was brought before Judge Brian May, who heard from both sides this week. On Friday, he ruled…

A marijuana dispensary operator has opened its 10th location in the state and third in the St. Louis region.