An initiative effort begun Friday by a well-known Missouri Democrat would, if passed by voters next year, force Tesla to close its St. Louis and Kansas City showrooms.
Brad Ketcher, a St. Louis attorney who was chief of staff to Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan in the 1990s, said he hopes the effort spreads to other states to fight back against Tesla CEO Elon Musk for his lead role in mass federal layoffs and budget cuts for President Donald Trump.
“If Elon Musk was not cutting Medicaid and Social…
A St. Louis Circuit Court judge has reduced punitive damages against an Indiana-based company in the deaths of two St. Louis men from $450 million to $108 million.
The developer of an AI-driven "smart assistant" for veterinary exams took the top prize in a startup pitch competition hosted by Nestlé Purina PetCare Co., the St. Louis-based pet food maker.
The city of St. Louis said Friday it will pay the price set in eminent domain proceedings to acquire parcels that make up the Railway Exchange Building’s parking garage.
This week's Arch City Report Podcast examines downtown St. Louis sales amid the Cardinals' woes, as the 2025 season begins, plus a big win for Boeing and the region.
The stories discussed this week are:
Fighter jet victory expected to extend Boeing's St. Louis future by decades; 'generational impact': A huge contract assuages uncertainty around Boeing's immediate future in St. Louis, but many believe it creates a long runway of work for the aircraft manufacturing giant in the region.
Downtown…
A south St. Louis County Catholic elementary school said it will have to close its doors after 65 years due to declining enrollment.
The Most Rev. Mitchell Rozanski, the St. Louis archbishop, said that there are only 70 students who have enrolled at St. Simon the Apostle School for the 2025-26 school year, including one grade level with only three students enrolled and another grade level in which only a single student is enrolled.
“This ongoing trend means that continuing to provide quality…
There are millions, tens of millions, of folks getting older but feeling younger than our forefathers as a result of good medicine, exercises, etc. And here comes pickleball to fill the gap between walking (always good) and more strenuous sports activities.
A Creve Coeur-based agriculture technology firm with an uncertain future has received initial bankruptcy court approval for financing to continue operations while a group of lenders mulls buying the business.
An arts nonprofit that recently shut down gave more reasons for the move, including federal funding cuts and a transition away from downtown St. Louis because of crime.
Two bills relating to a controversial ballot initiative will go into law, after the St. Louis County Council on Thursday overrode vetoes from County Executive Sam Page earlier this week.
Block Inc. (NYSE: XYZ), the financial services business formerly known as Square, is laying off 67 remote workers in Missouri, it said in a notice to the state.
The Missouri House on Wednesday advanced a bill that would enact new regulations on kratom products, which the National Institute on Drug Abuse defines as “an herbal substance that can produce opioid- and stimulant-like effects.”
Kratom products are currently legal both federally and in Missouri, and the legislation that received initial approval Wednesday would put an age restriction on who can buy the products at 21, along with limitations on ingredients.
The bill needs a final vote in the…
Doctors and other health professionals could be held criminally liable if they don’t offer life-saving care to a baby born during an attempted abortion under legislation that cleared the Missouri House Thursday.
“This bill gives the infant a fighting chance,” Republican state Rep. Brian Seitz of Branson, who co-sponsored the legislation, said Thursday morning.
He accused any lawmakers planning to vote against the measure of supporting infanticide, which is already illegal. Republicans…
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