Republic Services to build new recycling center in St. Louis County

St. Louis Business Journal 5/8 9:28A Diana Barr

Republic Services Inc., a recycling and waste collection business, said Thursday that it plans to build a new recycling center to serve the St. Louis region.

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer keeps on powerful public works chief

St. Louis Business Journal 5/8 8:52A Jacob Kirn

St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer is keeping on the powerful city public works chief, Rich Bradley.

7 Gateway Region YMCA programs designed to help St. Louis teens learn, grow and thrive

St. Louis Business Journal 5/8 6:15A Gateway Region YMCA

On any day nationwide, millions of youth leave school without a supervising adult. That leads to, among other issues, boredom. A 2003 survey of teens and parents found that bored teens reported making poorer choices. Teens who are engaged...

St. Louis City SC to host Premier League team

St. Louis Business Journal 5/8 5:45A Nathan Rubbelke

A high-profile match is coming to St. Louis this summer that will pit the city's MLS team against one of England's most historic football clubs – the English Premier League.

St. Louis banks sponsor $5.4M in federal grants for affordable housing work

St. Louis Business Journal 5/8 5:30A James Drew

St. Louis nonprofits get $5.4M in Federal Home Loan Bank grants for affordable housing, aiding 222 low-income households with home repairs and renovations. Midwest BankCentre and Enterprise Bank & Trust sponsored the nonprofits' applications.

Why smart investors — and St. Louis philanthropists — are betting big on plant science

St. Louis Business Journal 5/7 7:00P Donald Danforth Plant Science Ce

What if the next trillion-dollar industry wasn’t in tech, but in agtech — and what if its epicenter was right here in St. Louis? Across the globe, food systems are under stress. By 2050, we’ll need to feed 2 billion more people on a planet...

Mayor Spencer criticizes Aldermanic President Green, who refiles police takeover suit

St. Louis Business Journal 5/6 8:48A Samir Knox

St. Louis Aldermanic President Megan Green on Friday re-filed her challenge to the law that puts the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department under state control, prompting criticism from Mayor Cara Spencer.

St. Louis firm buys shuttered Master Lock campus in Milwaukee

St. Louis Business Journal 5/6 2:17A Addison Lathers

Master Lock's longtime Milwaukee campus, vacated last year, has found a buyer.

St. Louis County animal shelter continues to battle parvovirus outbreak

St. Louis Business Journal 5/5 2:20A Annie Krall

It's taking significantly longer for the St. Louis County Animal Care and Control Adoption Center to open its doors again after a highly contagious disease swept through the facility as concerns over animal welfare continue to grow. "We've never...

Privately held lime producer starts Missouri expansion to serve US manufacturers

St. Louis Business Journal 5/2 9:54A Diana Barr

MLC, a St. Louis-based supplier of high-calcium lime products and technical services, has begun work on an expansion at its Southeast Missouri site.

Lambert to again have JFK flight

St. Louis Business Journal 5/2 9:53A Diana Barr

An airline is adding a destination from Lambert that hasn't been serviced from St. Louis since 2015.

Downtown hotel remains shuttered more than a year after temporary closure, faces $710K claim

St. Louis Business Journal 5/2 9:43A Nathan Rubbelke

The Le Meridien St. Louis Downtown hotel remains shuttered more than a year after it closed temporarily due to interior damage from a winter storm, with the 96-room hotel missing a targeted reopening date.

St. Louis comptroller refers tow lot problems to feds, says procedures not followed

St. Louis Business Journal 5/2 6:46A Jacob Kirn

A city official said Friday she's referred reported issues at the government's tow lot – including large sums of missing cash – to federal criminal authorities. "There were procedures in place to address these issues which were not followed," her...

Local leaders urge action to protect public broadcasting amid federal funding uncertainty

St. Louis Business Journal 5/2 6:41A Ashley Kemper and Allan Connolly

President Trump's executive order to cut all federal funding to PBS and NPR is a direct threat to St. Louis, "with serious consequences for our region’s economic and civic well-being," write two key backers of Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Radio.

Religious retreat center in St. Louis County hits market as development opportunity

St. Louis Business Journal 5/2 2:20A Gloria Lloyd

The La Salle Retreat Center, a Catholic facility that is used for retreats by various organizations and is owned by the the Christian Brothers organization, has been put up for sale.