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The St. Charles Economic Development Commission presented Ed Pundmann with a cake during his last meeting as a member of that panel. Photo provided by St. Charles City

Negative publicity may not keep members of Congress from going on junkets, but it can keep local officials at home.

Even with Pinnacle Entertainment's President Casino scheduled to shut down by July, there still will be six major casinos operating in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Is there room for a seventh?

There is a chance St. Charles County could be home to another casino.

If Main Street is unhappy with Wall Street, small businesses are downright furious with Washington, D.C., judging by comments from St. Charles area business operators.

The annual St. Charles Community College job fair had fewer employers offering mostly part-time jobs, despite national figures that payrolls had expanded the most in four years.

The developer behind a stalled riverfront development proposal hopes work on the project can begin in a couple of years - if he and St. Charles officials can convince federal officials to provide up to $80 million needed to make the development feasible.

A collaborative agreement to build a recreation and aquatics center in St. Charles has been flushed down the drain.

It's no secret that public school administrators are having a difficult time getting the money they say they need to educate students. Every little bit helps, which is why the St. Charles School District is waiting anxiously until the State Tax Commission rules on Ameristar Casinos Inc.'s appeal of its tax assessment on the company's St. Charles property.

MasterCard International will locate a research and development lab at the company’s Global Technology and Operations headquarters in O’Fallon, according to a published report. “Band Systems & Technology,” an industry publication, reported that MasterCard will locate the labs in its ...

SSM Health Care Corp. will get $16.5 million in private activity bonds as part of the healthcare provider’s $581 million, tax-exempt bond issue to acquire, construct, renovate, remodel and equip hospitals and facilities in its system. The $16.5 million allocation ...