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A St. Louis-based global marketing company that's one of the region's largest private companies has expanded with the acquisition of two businesses.

The announcement is an abrupt reversal for a law firm that has grown rapidly over the past six years.

University City lawmakers on Tuesday tweaked a deal for an up to $27 million plan to renovate its annex and Trinity buildings, a response to litigation that challenging its structure.

A federal prosecutor alleged that a Clayton tax attorney lied to clients about his 2002 conviction for obstructing the Internal Revenue Service, among several reasons why his April conviction should not be thrown out.

New Market Hardware, a hardware store that has operated in the Central West End for more than a century, has secured an additional locationthat will be used to expand new revenue streams added in recent years.

An expansion of an existing airport hotel with a new brand is expected to finish construction by the end of this year.

The last time faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia weighed in on their campus leader, they said he “fostered a general culture of helplessness and submission” and that morale had been “irreparably damaged.” Only 26% of those surveyed in 2022 supported retaining Mun Choi as chancellor of the university, a position he took over in addition to his role as president of the entire University of Missouri System. This year’s survey shows Choi is getting much higher marks, with 64%…

The Saint Louis Public Schools Board of Education approved an emergency transportation plan Tuesday for the upcoming school year. One board member abstained from voting, but the rest approved the emergency plan. The school district's previous student transportation provider, Missouri Central School Bus, in March said was ending its contract with the Saint Louis Public Schools on June 30, resulting in the closure of two St. Louis-area locations and lay off of hundreds of workers. Consultants said…

The state of Missouri will relocate nearly 600 employees from downtown St. Louis as it seeks to sell two buildings it owns there.

Kitty Ratcliffe will exit tourism and convention agency Explore St. Louis before her contract ends, the organization said Tuesday.

4M Building Solutions, a growing St. Louis-based commercial cleaning and janitorial services company, has entered the Michigan market with its latest acquisition.

Webster University has been rocked by challenges. Its new leader says his job "will be understanding more clearly what the data shows and really dive into it."

Renderings released Tuesday by SSM Health provided a first look inside what’s proposed for its new 14-story SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital being built at Chouteau Avenue and Grand Boulevard.

Lutheran Senior Services, a nonprofit provider of housing, care and support services for older adults, has completed an acquisition that brings it to an estimated $360 million in total annual revenue.

The new leader is a St. Louis native and former Ivy League football player whose plan includes doubling the number of investment specialists in the local office.

After months of polls showing Bill Eigel in a distant third place in the GOP primary for Missouri governor, a new survey suggests he may be within striking distance of the frontrunners.  And the poll giving Eigel a boost was paid for by one of his campaign rivals, though it doesn’t appear to be intended for public consumption.  American Dream PAC, the political action committee supporting Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, commissioned the June poll but has not released it to the public. The Independent…

Ameren Missouri has filed a request with the state regulatory to raise rates by an average of $17 a month.

Spirit Aerosystems has been at the center of Boeing’s supply chain woes after a series of production missteps.

The deal puts Missouri theme parks Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka and Cedar Fair-owned Worlds of Fun in Kansas City under the same ownership.

Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), the Clayton-based supplier of network infrastructure products and services, said Monday it has completed a $290 million deal.