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.
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.
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…
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…
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.”
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…
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