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Of the more selective schools matriculation rates stayed well above 30%. But among the less selective schools, the outlook is far less rosy.

The St. Louis Business Journal is currently seeking nominations for its annual Champions for Diversity & Inclusion Awards program, which also includes awards for an outstanding nonprofit partner and an outstanding for-profit partner. The program, including all three awards, celebrates individuals, companies and nonprofits who have shown exceptional commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace or in the St. Louis community. Nominations are due Sunday, June 15, before midnight.…

The president-elect of Saint Louis University said his vision for SLU is to be “among the best urban research universities in the country and to use our Catholic Jesuit mission as a competitive advantage in that quest.”

The party supplies retailer, which has over 800 stores, emerged from bankruptcy just over a year ago.

One of the St. Louis region's largest private companies has acquired two South Dakota-based pet products businesses.

A building inspector at the center of a day care donation scandal resigned Thursday, as federal authorities intensified their investigation into potential corruption within the St. Louis Building Division. Dan Coplin submitted his resignation to Director Ed Ware, the current head of the city agency, on Thursday amid mounting scrutiny over his role in soliciting charitable contributions during official building inspections. “I didn't do anything wrong,” Coplin said in a Thursday interview. "I…

The St. Louis-based law firm currently has 254 partners in its eight offices, including 126 in St. Louis and five in the southern Illinois office of Belleville, a firm spokesperson said.

The St. Louis County clerk has hired an outside attorney after her attorney says she was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday. Sources familiar with the investigation say St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell green-lit the grand jury proceedings before leaving for vacation. But when papers were turned in to a judge Thursday morning, those specific indictment papers were not included—bringing into question if there's a possible internal dispute inside Bell's office over whether or…

This Christmas Eve I will be listening to one special song, as we have for decades.

Recent findings from a state audit have put the Francis Howell School District under a microscope. On Wednesday, Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick released a 31-page review and a "poor" rating of the school system in St. Charles County. It is the worst rating a school can receive. The report states Prop S to build the district's newest high school was misleading. "District officials were not transparent with the Board or the public about the Francis Howell North High School (FHN) construction…

A group of pro-labor lawmakers, including several Illinois Democrats, are urging President Joe Biden to block the $14.9 billion sale of United States Steel Corp. to Nippon Steel Corp., a proposed deal that just turned a year old.

The proposals will be for construction of two buildings to include four high-bay manufacturing areas, lab and incubator spaces, offices, collaboration spaces and a multipurpose area that will serve as a maker space.

After a 10-year dispute between UMB Bank and the beneficiaries of the Thomas Hart Benton Trust, a court ruled that UMB committed no improprieties and owed no punitive damages.

Leaders at Webster University, Cordell & Cordell, Bank of Springfield and the Regional Business Council are among a new class of St. Louis-area executives new in their roles this year.

Big Lots may not have a suitor after all. The Ohio-based company, which is in the midst of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, said it's continuing efforts to find alternative options.

The Danforth Center has launched a joint program with an ag-biotech manufacturer to develop ways to accelerate and improve production of a beneficial fungi to drive more sustainable agricultural production.

Missouri's population grew 0.6% from 2023 to 2024, while Illinois' went up 0.5%, U.S. Census Bureau figures released Thursday showed.

One of the St. Louis region’s largest marijuana firms is being acquired by a Minneapolis-based public company.

All of the potential tenant spots at University City’s Market at Olive development has been spoken for, the developer of the project said

(The Center Square) – Among the nearly 300 new laws set to take effect Jan. 1 in Illinois is one impacting potential sales of local media outlets to out-of-state buyers. Senate Bill 3592 passed the Senate in April. Sponsor of the bill, state Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, said it requires local media outlets looking to sell to an out-of-state buyer to provide a 120-day notice to the state and their staff. “Private equity firms are coming and buying newspapers, consolidating them until they…