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For this year's Business of Pride special section, we are honoring 11 individuals, companies and nonprofits. Some are members of the LGBTQIA+ community and others are allies who are putting in the work to support those in the LGBTQIA+ community.

Even before she left law school in 2008, Elizabeth Schlesinger scouted out a law firm that would not only mesh with her professional goals, but also let her flex her volunteer muscles.

For Ron Jagels of Edward Jones, ensuring that members of the LGBTQIA+ community receive equal treatment is more than an interest, it's a personal and professional commitment.

Jordan Braxton is on the front lines of LGBTQIA+ health daily, helping people to educate themselves and receive the HIV care and services they need.

Andrew Jorgensen deeply believes St. Louis is a city where the LGBTQIA+ community can thrive.

Throughout his career, Nate Lucena has been a champion for others to bring their whole selves into work.

Shelton Boyd-Griffith and his husband Tre'Von Griffith founded WerQfest in 2020 to highlight the Black queer, trans, and non-binary community in St. Louis.

The restaurant, which has served up savory Mexican fare as well as frozen treats since 2017, will offer some of its specialty items through the weekend before closing for good.

Hooters has abruptly closed dozens of restaurants across the country.

A quickly growing skin care studio founded in St. Louis by a group of all-female entrepreneurs has its sights set on nationwide expansion.

A St. Louis-area craft brewery has started construction on its first-ever taproom.

A 500-seat auditorium and event space is targeting renovations, with some already done.

A sinkhole swallowed bleachers, a light pole and 100 feet of soccer fields at Gordon Moore Park in Alton on Wednesday. Surveillance video showed the moment the sinkhole opened up and an area where benched players would sit during games disappeared beneath the earth. Mayor David Goins said no one was hurt in the collapse at Gordon Moore Park, and that Alton Parks and Recreation Director Michael Haynes was at the scene to assess the damage. Goins also said geologists are helping with the assessment. BELOW:…

SND Equipment Leasing, which made the distillate that led to Missouri regulators’ decision to pull more than 60,000 marijuana products from dispensary shelves last summer, is suing the company for which it manufactured the legally challenged THC concentrate.

The funding is being provided through programs that are directed toward community-driven development, affordable housing, vacant lot beautification and neighborhood planning.

The Boeing Co’s. $1.8 billion expansion project at its north St. Louis County operations is moving forward with construction of an aircraft assembly building, but the future appeared somewhat murky Wednesday as the U.S. Air Force may be weighing the fate of its sixth-generation fighter jet.

These 25 women have made an impact not only in the industries in which they work, but at local nonprofits and in the communities they represent.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected arguments by Missouri and Louisiana that the federal government violated the First Amendment in its efforts to combat false, misleading and dangerous information online. In a 6-3 decision written by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the court held that neither the states nor seven individuals who were co-plaintiffs in the case were able to demonstrate any harm or substantial risk that they will suffer an injury in the future. Therefore, they do not have legal…

A well-known chain restaurant is planning to shutter one of its two St. Louis-area locations.

The International Institute of St. Louis is on track to resettle approximately 2,500 immigrants and refugees to the St. Louis region, a number it said represents the largest influx of asylum-seekers to the region in nearly 30 years.