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The St. Louis Business Journal received several national journalism awards Thursday from the country's top business writing trade association.

It has made the investments as part of the Spring 2023 cohort of its accelerator program, backing companies with products that range from a new device to track exercise recovery to a new platform for placing bets.

U.S. Representative Cori Bush is helping lead an effort to bolster historic anti-discrimination laws that have been weakened by conservative judges. The Justice for All Act is intended to expand and strengthen the civil rights of all Americans. The legislation would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 to prohibit discrimination, regardless of intent.

Albert Pujols, nearly half a year removed from his historic retirement tour, paid a visit to the Cardinals' spring training home Roger Dean Stadium on Thursday.

The relocation effort for the agtech startup wasn't without risk, and even involved transporting thousands of fruit flies to St. Louis. A year later, it says the effort was worth it as it expands its team and brings on new funding from a local investor.

Emily Valentine was shot and killed in the Gravois Park neighborhood on Feb. 28.

Today on TAP: A newly Democratic state government votes to restore some democracy in the workplace.

JERSEY COUNTY - Kenneth Walker, the older brother of Christy Walker, who was injured this week in an accident, has organized a GoFundMe to assist with her medical expenses. Christy was in a serious car accident on Tuesday coming home from work on Illinois Route 109 in Jersey County in front of the Do Drop Inn. Christy is now at a St. Louis area hospital. Kenneth said the following: “She has multiple broken bones. Both femurs are broken - the right one has a horizontal break and the left has two vertical breaks, both shin bones, both pelvic bones, and a broken ankle. She has a very large gash on her right upper leg just above the knee that severed a lot of blood vessels. “She has been in and out of surgeries most of the day on Wednesday. So far, they have fixed most of the broken bones in her lower half. But she will still need a lot of time to recover. Please bear with us while we try to work through this. Also please keep in mind this is a family matter.” Kenneth

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Maplewood voters will vote on Tuesday, April 4, on Proposition L, for “renovating, improving, expanding and furnishing the District’s library facilities,” from the wording on the proposition. Library director, Ashley Bryant, sent out a letter to residents with information on the proposition, also community members are invited to a town hall regarding Proposition L to […]

Four children of Kenneth R. Wiest of O’Fallon, a Mascoutah High grad and Vietnam War veteran, received medals left years ago in a safe deposit box

I've mentioned several times that the bulk of the scientific evidence points to a natural origin for the COVID virus, but you may be wondering just what that evidence is. First off, there's this: The early cases of COVID in Wuhan clustered almost entirely around the Huanan Market. That's a helluva coincidence in a city ...continue reading "Three reasons to believe that COVID evolved naturally, not in a lab"

GRANITE CITY - The Granite City Police Department was called Wednesday night to an incident where one individual was shot, Major Nick Novacich, Granite City Assistant Chief of Police, said Thursday. The shooting occurred in the 2300 block of Delmar Avenue in Granite City. "That individual is currently undergoing treatment in a St. Louis area hospital for a non-life-threatening injury and we are diligently investigating this matter," he said. "There is no suspect(s) in custody and no further information can be released at this time to the nature of the crime."

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A federal grand jury indicted a St. Louis County tax preparer last month for falsifying tax returns over the last few years.

Abortion-rights supporters in Missouri are the latest to go directly to voters in hopes of restoring rights that were lost after Roe fell.

Bosley was one of four candidates in a primary for the new 14th Ward.

Missouri voters could decide whether to restore abortion rights if proposed constitutional amendments make it on the 2024 ballot.

Copyright seems to be a fixture of our legal, economic and social systems. For 300 years, it has formed the backbone of the structures used to incentivize and remunerate creators. During that time, copyright has been extended repeatedly in length and breadth. The original term of the 1710 Statute of Anne – 14 years’ monopoly protection with […]

Eleven versions of a proposed initiative petition seeking to roll back Missouri’s ban on abortion by adding protections for the procedure to the state constitution were filed Wednesday with the Secretary of State’s office.  Filed by a St. Louis doctor on behalf of a political action committee called Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, the proposals would […]

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