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Shailene Woodley is set to star as rocker Janis Joplin in a new biopic funded by the California Film Commission’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program. The film is one of…

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Last fall, Mission Foods, a Texas-based tortilla and chip manufacturer, sued Mission Taco Joint for trademark infringement over the use of the word “mission.”

Missouri state officials have established a news task force in efforts to combat the spread of unregulated psychoactive cannabis products.

EAST ALTON - In a ceremony held recently, the Riverbend East Rotary Club presented its Business of the Year award to the Werts family, owners of the Wood River-based Werts Welding and Tank Service Company. The family, consisting of Nick, Cheryl, and Dwight Werts, received the award in recognition of their business achievements and contributions to the local community. The Werts family has shown a remarkable commitment to their business and the community, the organizers of the event said that day. Werts Welding and Tank Service Company has been a staple in the Wood River area, providing specialized welding and tank services. The family-owned business has built a reputation for quality, reliability and community service over the years.

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From St. Louis Business Journal:  Eight years after its founding, with its 3.5-acre educational garden up and running in St Louis’ Shaw neighborhood, nonprofit Green House Venture is shifting focus toward building a $4.7 million education center nearby. In the meantime, the nonprofit continues to provide programming to students from four St. Louis elementary schools […]

From Construction Dive:  Contractors are on a quest for more workers, but they’re still struggling to find them. A new Associated General Contractors of America survey has shared numbers providing context around the issue. The majority of U.S. contractors have increased their headcount in the last 12 months, according to the survey of AGC members, […]

From Webster-Kirkwood Times:  Construction is set to begin in the next couple of weeks on the city’s new water park as two weeks of demolition at the Webster Groves Aquatic Center nears completion. Officials said in a City Chats Facebook live event last week that the project is keeping pace with an aggressive deadline. The […]

Over the last few years, it’s felt like the age verification debate has gotten progressively stupider. People keep insisting that it must be necessary, and when others point out that there are serious privacy and security concerns that will likely make things worse, not better, we’re told that we have to do it anyway. Let’s […]

From Illinois Business Journal:  We all know how impactful case studies can be to business, industry and economic growth as well as to development. The same can be said for what the Illinois Business Journal now introduces as a regular feature: Careers in View. This is planned to be a career study: A look at […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A Missouri-based unit of Graybar, the Clayton-based distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products, has expanded its operations in the South with an acquisition. Cape Electrical Supply, a Cape Girardeau, Missouri-based subsidiary of Graybar, purchased Power Supply Co. LLC, according to a Wednesday news release. Financial terms of the […]

From Warren County Record:  The Village of Innsbrook will contract with Hankins Construction to build its new village hall. The bid was awarded at a special board of trustees meeting on the afternoon of Aug. 27. Hankins Construction was the lowest of seven bidders, submitting a contract for $870,600 to construct the new, 2,000-square-foot building. […]

From Leader Publications:  Jason Reinbold, who owns Industrious Group LLC, a metal fabricating company, intends to build warehouse and office space at the site of an old quarry in Imperial. Reinbold petitioned the Jefferson County Planning and Zoning Commission at the Aug. 22 meeting to rezone the site at the northwest corner of Hwy. 61-67 […]

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In addition to new poverty figures, the Census Bureau also released new annual income numbers today. Real household income was up 4.0% in 2023: Household income was up for all races and all income groups. It increased the most for the poorest 10% of workers. Note that this is "money income" as defined by the ...continue reading "Income rose 4% in 2023"

From St. Louis Business Journal:  St. Louis startup Intramotev, which produces self-propelled, electric-powered railcars, has signed a switching agreement with Eagle Drayage, a freight carrier also based in St. Louis. Switching agreements enable rail-carried freight to go across different classes of railroads from manufacturing plants or distribution points to destinations. “You go from things like […]

CHICAGO - Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) awarded more than $6 million in grant funding to four recipients through the Home Illinois Workforce Pilot Program. This program is a partnership between DCEO, the Illinois Office to Prevent and End Homelessness (OPEH) and the Illinois Interagency Task Force on Homelessness and is funded through the Illinois Job Training and Economic Development Program (JTED). “We’re fighting homelessness in Illinois with compassion, innovation, and ongoing coordination,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Thanks to this award, my administration is one step closer to reaching our goal of functional zero homelessness by providing vulnerable residents the resources they need to find financial and housing stability.” "Too often, systemic inequities compound and force hardworking people into homelessness. Our communities have been asking for ways to uplift and protect eac

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From Illinois Business Journal:  Kian Capital-backed Team Air Distributing (“Team Air”), a leading wholesale distributor providing OEM-branded HVAC equipment, parts and supplies to residential and commercial contractors and with locations in Southern Illinois, has completed the acquisition of Best Choice Supply (“BCS”), a family-owned HVAC wholesale distributor. BCS was founded in 1988 and has a […]

From Labor Tribune:  A growing number of women are taking leadership roles in the union building trades. Former Missouri State Sen. Gina Walsh, deputy director of the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators Union Labor Management and Cooperative Trust (LMCT), has been an active member of Insulators Local 1 since completing its apprenticeship program […]