Despite its size and years of sitting vacant, the structure has not garnered the same attention as other massive vacancies downtown, including the AT&T Tower, old Municipal Courts Building, Railway Exchange Building and Millennium Hotel.
A political action committee created to support outgoing Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher’s political career paid attorneys defending him against allegations of misconduct almost $75,000 in late August.
According to campaign disclosure forms filed earlier this month, a PAC called Missouri United paid David Steelman and his law firm $21,000 on Aug. 23. The PAC paid Lowell Pearson’s law firm $52,000 on Aug. 28.
Missouri United is not required to file another disclosure report detailing its…
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is the guest of honor Tuesday night at a fundraiser for a pair of PACs at the home of a longtime Jefferson City lobbyist.
The event is being advertised as a “celebration of public service” for the Republican governor and First Lady Teresa Parson. It’s hosted by Steve Tilley, a longtime lobbyist and adviser for Parson. It coincides with Parson’s 69th birthday.
Some of the invitations ask for donations to Uniting Missouri PAC, the political action committee created…
This year's Inno Under 25 list highlights eight members of St. Louis' next generation of entrepreneurs who are determined to leave their mark in retail, education, cosmetics, health and more.
Nominators suggested younger-than-25 entrepreneurs, founders, innovators and leaders in tech and business whom the St. Louis Business Journal chose and profiled:
Christina and Mary Trivisonno, Washington University students and twin sisters, created a probiotic skincare line, Chick.
Samuel Brehm, a WashU…
A growing St. Louis-based commercial cleaning and janitorial services company recently closed two acquisitions that take its operations up to 27 states.
St. Louis has a strong enough architectural heritage to own the title. The reason it hasn't taken it has a lot to do with the way we treat our neighbors, writes architectural historian Michael R. Allen.
Express Scripts Inc. on Tuesday sued the Federal Trade Commission in federal court in St. Louis, alleging that a July report made “unsubstantiated, false and biased claims” about the company.
Club Fitness said on Tuesday it has removed all 1st Phorm products from its retail offerings following the CEO's viral comments about women in law enforcement.
Andy Frisella is the co-founder of 1st Phorm, a St. Louis supplement and fitness company. Frisella made derogatory comments on his podcast episode that came out on National Police Women's Day on Sept. 12.
He has since deleted the episode of the ‘Real AF’ podcast and tried to walk back his comments.
"As a company, we have always stood…
Commercial real estate developers and property owners are increasingly utilizing C-PACE (Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy) as an attractive alternative CRE financing mechanism to fund new construction developments, substantial rehabilitation projects and to recapitalize recently completed construction projects. C-PACE capital, now available in Missouri, can be used for nearly all commercial buildings, including multifamily, hospitality, office, industrial and retail.
Nuveen Green Capital…
Missouri’s general revenue has lagged behind inflation for two years in a row. And with that gap widening, the next few months could determine whether state revenue will see a year-over-year decline for the first time in more than a decade.
“September is a good sort of bellwether one for us, because that’s where we get quarterly payments from both individuals and corporations,” Dan Haug, Gov. Mike Parson’s budget director, said in an interview with The Independent last week. “There’s…
An Atlanta developer plans to buy a 52-acre site once expected to be part of a $1 billion East Coast corporate campus for Centene, which the St. Louis-based managed care company dropped two years ago.
In an employee memo issued on Monday, Boeing CFO Brian West said the company is implementing a hiring freeze along with other immediate internal measures to save money.
The number of people living in the St. Louis metro area declined last year, but the foreign-born population in the region increased by 30,106, according to new estimates.
St. Louis-area fans of college basketball will have a new way to watch college basketball games – including Arch Madness playoffs – this coming season, without a subscription fee.
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