How Posie Pots founder Kay Wells makes plant care easier with 3D printing technology

St. Louis Business Journal 5/14 7:00P Heather Riske for Greater St. Lo

Covered in dirt and mosquito bites, Kay Wells knew there had to be a better way. Not long after moving back to St. Louis in 2012, Wells, who was working in the aerospace sector at the time, decided to start digging in her garden — until the...

Former Missouri governor and US Senator Kit Bond dies at 86

St. Louis Business Journal 5/13 8:10A Sam Clancy

Christopher "Kit" Bond, the former governor of Missouri and four-term U.S. Senator, died Tuesday at the age of 86. Bond was born in St. Louis and started his political career as the Missouri State Auditor in 1971, and ran for governor a year...

Anheuser-Busch plans to invest $300M in manufacturing ops, including new training center

St. Louis Business Journal 5/12 2:23A

The brewer said it plans to invest more than $300 million in manufacturing operations across the U.S., and expanded access to its training facility in St. Louis.

St. Louis secures robotics convention that will be one of area's largest

St. Louis Business Journal 5/9 5:30A Jacob Kirn

St. Louis has secured a major robotics competition for two years, an event that immediately will become one of the area's largest by hotel room nights booked.

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.