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St. Ann-based Save A Lot claims that an unknown individual's defamatory messages to its business partners has cost it millions of dollars.

Young Republicans are likely to find work. Democrats? Not so much. The state attorney general may require a wholesale strategy change. And tariffs may have outsize effects in Missouri.

The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation launched a new online licensing system this fall, the first phase in a plan to modernize the management and licensing process for service providers across the state. The system improvements are part of efforts to make doing business easier and more efficient for Illinois service providers, the department said in a statement. The Comprehensive Online Regulatory Environment, or CORE, opened on Oct. 30, nearly a year after the Illinois…

Accel Entertainment, a Chicago-based operator of gaming terminals, has closed on its purchase of Collinsville horse track FanDuel Sportsbook & Horse Racing.

An Illinois legislative committee and the Illinois Department of Agriculture agreed recently to delay finalizing new regulations governing hemp production amid an outcry of protests from small, independent producers. Those proposed rules have been in development for at least two years. But the most recent draft, submitted in September, contained significant changes from earlier versions that caught many in the industry by surprise. That included provisions allowing unannounced inspections and testing…

An architecture firm has purchased a building in The Grove district with plans to relocate its headquarters from Downtown West.

The Missouri Cannabis Trade Association describes David Brodsky as “instrumental in developing the Missouri microbusiness community” and a mentor to disadvantaged business owners. In his cannabis consulting work, Brodsky is part of a group that charges up to $4,000 to help eligible applicants enter the microbusiness lottery. It’s a program intended to help steer small-scale marijuana facility licenses to disabled veterans, those with lower incomes and people with non-violent marijuana offenses. That…

The Ballwin-based parent company of Clarkson EyeCare has named a new chief information officer.

The leadership transition comes after an investigation of management style was "amicably resolved," and could mean a payday increase for Hall as he takes on a new job in a new city.

The Des Peres-based utility, which owns and operates over 900 water and wastewater systems in 11 states, said it will put the new funding toward its ongoing investment in water and wastewater infrastructure improvements.

The latest project from owners of The Vandy and STL Barkeep has opened its doors at 8709 Big Bend Blvd. in Webster Groves.

A St. Louis taco shop is moving in the right direction after facing a potential closure. Tacos La Jefa in Dutchtown shared their financial struggles on social media and St. Louis showed up. Co-owner Andrea Amezcua said the business began with her mom, Heriberta Amezcua. "It was her dream, it was always to provide the community real Mexican food, the good one," she shared. Tacos La Jefa, meaning boss girl tacos, is a nod to the matriarch. "We always call my mom 'La Jefa' because she's the boss…

The company said its new office better facilitates collaboration.

A Metro East racetrack will be torn down as part of a $21 million publicly funded redevelopment.

A Brentwood condo previously occupied by two St. Louis Cardinals players is on the market.

Restaurants are facing a new reality in the post-pandemic world, and some concepts are finding tougher sledding than others due to an abundance of competition. Here's what works best in St. Louis.

I am certainly looking forward to a fine and scrumptious dinner, but I will also have a hope that this Thanksgiving will have brought one family truly together.

St. Louis said that an emergency rental assistance program using federal pandemic funds would launch Dec. 3. But the firm it said is administering the program was dissolved by the state.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey believes the state can still enforce some abortion restrictions even after voters lifted the state’s ban earlier this month, though he didn’t weigh in on the constitutionality of a host of laws that are currently the focus of a lawsuit.  In a rare official opinion from his office, Bailey argued that while any statutes prohibiting abortion prior to fetal viability will no longer be enforceable in their entirety, the state can still enforce laws on the…

The sites in west St. Louis County are just one tenth of a mile from each other.