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The new dean of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's School of Business brings a background as an entrepreneur, professor and administrator.

The largest donors to a tax credit program supporting private school tuition scholarships in Missouri are a Fortune 500 health care corporation, a cable company and the founding family of the Kansas City Chiefs. UnitedHealth Group Inc. has given the most since 2023 to the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program, dubbed MOScholars, with a $2 million donation last year and $3.5 million pledged this year. Lamar Hunt Jr. and his wife Rita Hunt, part of the family that owns the Kansas City Chiefs,…

Construction is expected to begin later this year on a stretch of the Brickline Greenway that connects with St. Louis City SC’s CityPark stadium.

In a groundbreaking partnership poised to stimulate economic development in St. Louis, Commerce Bank has donated its century-old branch on Natural Bridge Avenue to the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis. This significant contribution will facilitate the relocation and expansion of the Urban League's Women's Business Center, previously situated in Pagedale. The initiative marks the establishment of the 14th National Urban League-designated Entrepreneurship Center in the United States. John W.…

Saks Fifth Avenue's holding company has agreed to buy retail rival Neiman Marcus' parent in a $2.65 billion deal.

A May 2024 St. Louis Business Journal Roundtable of Experts brought together leaders in business, higher education and training/development to respond to recent research about workforce development for the region, and how their sectors could work together to make their offerings — and the region — more cohesive, connected and effective. The keys to future growth and success, they agreed, will be flexibility, practicality and collaboration to prepare students and support businesses. Participants…

We've got a good crew here in the St. Louis Business Journal newsroom. It's a hard-working team that not only are good at their jobs, but genuinely seem to enjoy each other's company. That doesn't come easily in the news business.

A former mayor of University City writes that there are important questions that need to be answered about the city's proposed deal to renovate two buildings.

A St. Louis-based visual arts nonprofit last week removed an artists-in-residence exhibition it said violated its DEI and other policies.

For the 10 public company executives with the largest year-over-year growth in total compensation, growth in pay was due primarily to one factor.

Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has an NBA championship – and also a few dozen suits, some casual suit jackets and about 50 shirts from Darryl Tyler’s custom clothing shop in Clayton.

A St. Louis-based global marketing company that's one of the region's largest private companies has expanded with the acquisition of two businesses.

The announcement is an abrupt reversal for a law firm that has grown rapidly over the past six years.

University City lawmakers on Tuesday tweaked a deal for an up to $27 million plan to renovate its annex and Trinity buildings, a response to litigation that challenging its structure.

A federal prosecutor alleged that a Clayton tax attorney lied to clients about his 2002 conviction for obstructing the Internal Revenue Service, among several reasons why his April conviction should not be thrown out.

New Market Hardware, a hardware store that has operated in the Central West End for more than a century, has secured an additional locationthat will be used to expand new revenue streams added in recent years.

An expansion of an existing airport hotel with a new brand is expected to finish construction by the end of this year.

The last time faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia weighed in on their campus leader, they said he “fostered a general culture of helplessness and submission” and that morale had been “irreparably damaged.” Only 26% of those surveyed in 2022 supported retaining Mun Choi as chancellor of the university, a position he took over in addition to his role as president of the entire University of Missouri System. This year’s survey shows Choi is getting much higher marks, with 64%…

The Saint Louis Public Schools Board of Education approved an emergency transportation plan Tuesday for the upcoming school year. One board member abstained from voting, but the rest approved the emergency plan. The school district's previous student transportation provider, Missouri Central School Bus, in March said was ending its contract with the Saint Louis Public Schools on June 30, resulting in the closure of two St. Louis-area locations and lay off of hundreds of workers. Consultants said…

The state of Missouri will relocate nearly 600 employees from downtown St. Louis as it seeks to sell two buildings it owns there.