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A St. Louis startup specializing in battery-powered railcars named a new executive with 30 years of experience in the rail industry.

The bank's head of consumer lending is retiring and his successor will have an expanded role in the mortgage business.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch parent Lee Enterprises on Wednesday said its board has extended a "poison pill" shareholder rights plan amid takeover interest from the Hoffmann Family of Cos.

The St. Louis Business Journal has selected 10 honorees as part of the 2025 HR Awards program, now in its seventh year. The program honors individuals for the important work they do in human resources.

Elzara Yusufova teaches about 40 students in the region, using her background as a plein-air artist to teach children, teenagers and adults.

A Republican-led push to overturn the paid sick leave law adopted by Missouri voters last year was debated and approved Wednesday by a state Senate committee. The bill, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Sherri Gallick of Belton, was passed by the House earlier this month and would gut Proposition A, a voter-approved law requiring most employers starting May 1 to provide paid sick time off for hundreds of thousands of qualifying workers. Gallick called the law, which also increased the state’s…

Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance could blow a $2 billion hole in Missouri’s budget and cost the state more than 20,000 jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue, according to a pair of reports released this week. Congressional Republicans approved a budget resolution last month to reduce federal spending by $2 trillion as they seek $4.5 trillion in tax cuts. The resolution tasks the committee overseeing Medicaid to cut at least $880 billion over 10 years and the committee…

Mom’s Deli plans to reopen at a new location in south St. Louis, owner Denise Vago said Wednesday.

Visitors to the Old Courthouse, part of the Gateway Arch National Park, will experience a more accessible and modernized facility that features new exhibits when it reopens in early May.

Two bills relating to a ballot initiative that's divided St. Louis County Council leaders for months were vetoed by the county executive, but council members are expected to convene Thursday to override the vetoes.

The price for a historic theater sold in December in St. Louis County is now public, at the same time the new owner says he is also eyeing the purchase of a large Brentwood office building.

The St. Louis Fed president said the direct effects of the Trump administration’s tariff increases likely will be one-time price increases that shouldn’t have a long-term impact on inflation, but "indirect, second-round effects" could have a more persistent impact on underlying inflation.

When Keith Suellentrop became president of LMC Industries in 2023, he looked for ways to help make the Arnold-based manufacturer more efficient. He worked with an accounting and consulting firm to choose real-time data as the solution.

A nearly 50-year-old arts organization has shut down suddenly, citing financial issues.

Dollar Tree bought Family Dollar for about $8.5 billion in 2015. Now, it plans to sell the unit for $1 billion to two private equity firms. Family Dollar has over 40 locations in the St. Louis area.

An official said the longtime chief had "delivered exceptional business performance and meaningful value to its customers, suppliers, shareholders and other stakeholders."

The official had been acting as interim CEO since January. The appointment comes as the fast-casual brand appears to be expanding its test of an on-demand baking model.

A former Washington University professor who led a multimillion-dollar lab with dozens of employees is suing the university, alleging he was forced out of academia for speaking up about racism on campus.

An LGBTQIA+ hotspot said it will no longer carry Anheuser-Busch InBev products, after the brewer dropped its sponsorship of PrideFest.

A former grocery store-turned-self-storage facility in the Metro East has sold for more than $6 million.