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A pharmaceutical packaging business that changed ownership last fall plans to close a St. Louis-area plant this spring, laying off all employees there.

The weather is warming up, but there’s still an icy chill in St. Louis as a monthlong stretch of major hockey events begins Thursday.

Edward Jones, the Des Peres-based financial services giant, is rolling out its first private wealth services aimed at meeting the needs of those with at least $10 million in investable assets.

Bayer within a week will lift the veil of secrecy on some documents detailing its campaign to influence public opinion regarding the safety of its herbicide Roundup, attorneys said Wednesday. In a hearing in Jefferson City before Clifford Cornell, a special master assigned to deal with pre-trial disputes, Bayer attorney Anthony Martinez said records delivered to a plaintiff’s attorney under seal are being reviewed. The hearing focused on 46 of those records, which attorney Matt Clement contends…

When we fail to recognize the role the arts play in our economy, we don’t just misread the present, we miss opportunities for growth in the future, writes Jody Sowell of the Missouri Historical Society.

Wide-ranging legislation that would lower tax rates for individuals and businesses passed the Missouri House on Wednesday. The 100 to 53 vote saw three Republicans joining with the Democrats in opposition. It now heads to the Senate for consideration. A key provision in the bill is a gradual reduction in the state income tax from 4.7% to 3.7% over the next 10 years. The yearly percentage point rate reduction would only go into effect if state revenues grow by at least $175 million per year. When…

The region had a net increase of 6,420 people. This growth reflected large gains from international migration and losses from domestic migration and from deaths outnumbering births.

This week's Arch City Report Podcast looks at how a shift in federal politics is prompting the region’s transit agency to adjust how it pitches the proposed $1.1B MetroLink expansion in its pursuit of federal grants. We also take a look at Boeing, which is in hiring mode as its CEO visits St. Louis in a push to change the company's culture. We also talk about our upcoming Best Places to Work event, which will take place at Busch Stadium in May. This week, we announced the 80 companies that…

A senior living facility plans to begin construction this summer on the next phase of a $43 million expansion and modernization project that will add new apartments and renovate 168 existing units.

The newsroom earned honors in data reporting, sports journalism and in a "best range of work" category.

Edward Jones said Wednesday that it plans to reduce the size of its home office, but didn’t provide details on whether that would trigger layoffs.

Months after Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a minimum wage increase and paid sick leave requirements, the new laws face challenges this week in court and the state legislature. On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court Court heard arguments in a lawsuit seeking to strike down Proposition A, which guarantees sick leave for hundreds of thousands of workers and gradually hikes the minimum wage to $15. A day earlier, the Missouri House gave initial approval to a bill repealing the sick leave law…

The advancement of the bill sparked strong condemnation from city leaders, including Mayor Tishaura Jones, who said the state takeover will undermine the work she's done in her term, citing a "historic decrease in crime" and improved 911 response times.

Golf gear retailer PGA Tour Superstore has begun the buildout for a new store in St. Louis County, its first in Missouri.

Walgreens, whose parent company recently announced it's going private, is closing another St. Louis-area store, this time in the city's Ellendale neighborhood.

Developer Brian Hayden has listed three more downtown St. Louis apartment buildings for sale, with all his downtown residential properties now on the market.

Transit leaders say the project remains competitive, though the way they position it for federal grants will have to change under the Trump administration.

Robin Restaurant, located at 7268 Manchester Road, will open its doors Thursday after two years of pop-ups and private dinners.

A family of contracting companies is moving to a new headquarters, and one of the contractors has already completed its move.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is doubling down on his demand that Planned Parenthood stop performing a type of abortion that its clinics aren’t actually offering patients. On Monday, Bailey issued a notice of an intent to serve a cease and desist letter to Planned Parenthood Great Plains, which operates clinics in the Kansas City metro and Columbia. It’s an identical threat to the one Bailey issued earlier this month to Planned Parenthood Great Rivers, which operates clinics in the…