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A plan to connect St. Louis’ new professional soccer stadium and Harris-Stowe State University with a pedestrian path received a $2 million infusion of state cash Tuesday.

New business formation was up 0.4% in May compared to April. It was up a respectable 3.5% since last year. But that's not super interesting. A longer term look is: Note that this is not net business formation. It doesn't account for businesses that were shut down during the pandemic. Nonetheless, new businesses were obviously ...continue reading "Businesses are still shutting down at pandemic rates [UPDATE: OR ARE THEY?]"

The Tower Grove South location is up for sale.

From Leader Publications:  Jefferson College officials will raise tuition next school year as part of its fiscal year 2024 budget, which was approved June 8. The budget also includes a large capital project – an addition to the Viking Woods housing complex. The college’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to approve the budget, which runs […]

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Officials are hoping to use millions in federal grant funding to offer voluntary buyouts to up to 100 homeowners in St. Charles County, but residents’ responses have been mixed. The county is slated to receive $15.7 million in funding from the Housing and Urban Development’s disaster relief fund to compensate residents […]

In a scathing denunciation of Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s legal arguments, a Cole County judge on Tuesday set a 24-hour deadline for the AG to certify a fiscal note summary for an abortion rights initiative petition. Circuit Judge Jon Beetem rejected every claim of authority made by Bailey for refusing to accept State Auditor Scott […]

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KISS is currently on the European leg of their End of the Road Tour, and while you may think it’s hard for the band members to get around in their elaborate…

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A constitutional amendment to restore abortion rights in Missouri will move forward after a judge broke a standoff between two Republican officials that had halted the process.

From New York Times:  In January 1912, in the depths of a New York City winter, an unusual new apartment complex opened on the Upper East Side. The East River Homes were designed to help poor families fend off tuberculosis, a fearsome, airborne disease, by turning dark, airless tenements inside out. Passageways led from the […]

From St. Louis Business Journal:  A St. Louis development company most known for its industrial work is proposing a new apartment complex in St. Louis County. TriStar Real Estate Acquisitions LLC, which is connected to TriStar Cos., plans a 218-unit apartment complex on on a nearly 19-acre property in unincorporated St. Louis County, near the […]

Keith Williamson has agreed to serve on a pro bono basis.

Olin Corp., the Clayton-based manufacturer and distributor of chemicals and ammunition, said Tuesday it is shutting down a manufacturing plant in South Korea as part of a “rightsizing plan” for one of its core business units.

Cole County Presiding Judge Jon Beetem on Tuesday ordered Missouri's attorney general to approve the state auditor’s cost estimate for the proposed amendment.

The First Amendment protects speech, even the horrible stuff. It can’t protect the speaker from being criticized for being abhorrent, despite what many abhorrent people believe. It can, however, in certain cases, protect the speaker from being punished for this speech. It’s not blanket coverage. The person engaging in the speech generally has to be […]

With public frustration on rise, Ferguson Police Chief Troy Doyle started 'Temp Tag Tuesday," when officers pay close attention to drivers with expired plates, tags.

Luminar Neo is easy-to-use photo editing software that empowers photography lovers to express the beauty they imagined using innovative AI-driven tools. Luminar Neo was built from the ground up to be different from previous Luminar editors. It keeps your favorite LuminarAI tools and expands your arsenal with more state-of-the-art technologies and important changes at its […]

Customers who purchase the frozen pizza at St. Louis-area grocery stores will have the chance to win free pizza for a year, concert and sports tickets and more.

New housing starts skyrocketed in May by nearly 300,000 units from April. That's surprisingly good, but it comes on the back of a steady decline over the past year. I sometimes struggle to pick out the best way to show chart data in the most informative possible way, and this was one of those times. ...continue reading "Raw data: Housing starts boomed in May"

A man was robbed Monday morning while changing a flat tire in St. Louis.