Small Business

Justine Petersen, a leading microlender in the region, hopes a $200,000 investment from JPMorgan Chase will help minority-owned small businesses north of…

Sarah Schlafly isn’t squeamish when it comes to eating insects.For her, crickets are just “land shrimp.”The St. Louis-based entrepreneur co-founded Mighty…

A St. Louis woman saw a need: Black business owners struggling to connect with potential customers. So, she decided to do something about it. Jas Thomas…

Despite shrinking income and education gaps between white and non-white families, black families in the United States still trail others in wealth…

The small Soulard grocery store that Vincent Hromadka’s grandfather first opened in 1912, shortly after emigrating from Bohemia, has seen its share of…

Leonard Johnson admits many run-down storefronts in St. Louis could use a facelift. He’d like to help “polish up” each and every one. But, for now, the…

Brothers Jack and Tony Erker did not want to go into the family optical business.They spent years pursuing other careers to take them far from the shop at…

Updated May 9 at 11 p.m. with comment from Sen. Claire McCaskill — Last year, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality, a set…

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner pledged Tuesday to help small business owners by addressing “punishing” high property taxes and “too many” regulations.Calling…

For nearly 80 years The St. Louis Evening Whirl has been reporting on crime in a way other news outlets wouldn’t, or couldn’t, do.The weekly is sold in…