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The Business Journal's Executive Network program brings new corporate leaders together with their peers. Meet five of the latest participants.

Thousands gathered downtown hours before Thursday’s 3:15 p.m. first pitch, braving 40-degree temperatures as they awaited the Budweiser Clydesdales to make their annual loop around Busch Stadium, beginning baseball season in St. Louis.

Remember Nick Sandmann? He was the dude who became something of a Rorschach Test for how much your political beliefs (in any direction) influence your views of a short video, when EVERYONE HAD OPINIONS on his MAGA-hat wearing encounter with a Native American demonstrator, Nathan Phillips. Also, everyone magically became experts in reading body language […]

From NPR:  A recent legal settlement agreed to by the National Association of Realtors leaves Missouri realtors unsure of what the future holds. The association, which represents about 1.5 million realtors nationally, announced March 15 that it will settle several antitrust lawsuits, pending court approval. The industry group denied any wrongdoing, but it will pay […]

Today on TAP: Swing-state voters say their own state’s economy is humming, but the nation’s economy? Don’t ask.

There’s nothing like Opening Day in St. Louis, and thousands are enjoying the full experience as the Cardinals open the 2024 season at Busch Stadium.

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Aldermen on Friday approved a plan to put another $15.3 million toward finishing a convention center expansion beset by bureaucratic delays and cost overruns. The money won’t be enough to cover all the outstanding needs of the America’s Center project, which has been billed as critical to keeping it competitive with […]

After years of legal appeals and delays, some oil companies are set to stand trial in lawsuits brought by state and local governments over the damages caused by climate change. Meanwhile, dozens more governments large and small have brought new claims against the fossil fuel industry as those initial cases, filed up to a half-dozen […]

The post After a long slog, climate change lawsuits will finally put Big Oil on trial appeared first on Missouri Independent.

A suspected serial burglar from Jefferson County is in custody for break-ins in St. Louis City over the past four months.

Three key hitters who could've been part of the St. Louis Cardinals' home opener lineup - Brendan Donovan, Willson Contreras and Matt Carpenter - have all suffered injury setbacks ahead of it.

Tax incentives for a $125 million Downtown West hotel project threatened by a union dispute were given the green light by St. Louis aldermen Thursday after further talks with the developer.

Sammy Hagar is set to make an appearance at Sunday’s CMT Music Awards. The former Van Halen frontman will take part in a tribute to the late country star Toby Keith, which…

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A Country Club Hills man is in custody for a carjacking and shooting at an apartment complex in Brentwood earlier this week.

From Citizens For Modern Transit:  The City of St. Louis and Bi-State Development are working to build a new Green Line that extends light rail service north and south of the existing MetroLink system within the City of St. Louis. As a part of that work, the City of St. Louis Planning & Urban Design […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  Voters on Tuesday passed many of the bond issues and ballot measures to fund major construction projects by St. Louis-area municipalities, school districts and fire districts. The biggest project – the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District’s continued bond issues to fund the $7.2 billion Project Clear program – was favorably […]

From First Alert 4:  While St. Louis politicians continue to consider changing laws to make the streets are safer, the City of St. Louis is also looking to change how these are designed to naturally slow down drivers and give pedestrians more space to move about. One of those plans includes downtown. Since 2020, many […]

After five days on the lam, officials in St. Charles have captured the escaped bull who was running amok in the city. On March 29 the bull was in a commercial transport trailer that was involved in a highway accident — and apparently took his chance and made his escape. That’s according to the City of St. Charles Animal Shelter, which posted rather pun-filled updates about the fugitive on Facebook.