The Arch City Report

St. Louis financial services giant Edward Jones will be making a big decision about the future of its local workforce later this month. Join us as we go over the details of what to expect.

A grand jury’s indictment against St. Louis County Executive Sam Page is just the latest bit of political turmoil to hit the St. Louis region. This week we ask, does this political climate create make St. Louis a good place to do business? 

The exits of large firms from downtown have made all the headlines in recent years. But new data show that occupany rate downtown continues to decline? This week, we have the story of several smaller firms whose departures might help explain why. 

This week, we get into what we know about why Boeing machinists overwhelmingly voted down a new contract offer. We’re also three weeks away from a big interview with Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe, so we’re asking state lawmakers: What should we be asking him?

As St. Louis’ struggling downtown pushes toward reformation as a residential hub, we look back 20 years ago, when the neighborhood was in the middle of an earlier renaissance, and ask: Can this one stand the test of time?  

We also discuss public broadcasting, and what President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has cut from the budgets of Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Radio.  

St. Louis was in line to get a new $6 billion public company — until the deal recently collapsed. The company, Evolution Metals, said it would be based in The Hill neighborhood and help build a U.S. battery and magnet supply chain to rival China’s. We’ll take you inside what actually happened. 

Plus, trouble for a company that’s already traded on Wall Street. The stock of Clayton-based Centene Corp. is down nearly 50% this year. Our reporter breaks down what’s behind the slide — and why it matters here at home.  Centene is the St. Louis region’s largest public company, with 4,500 local employees.

This week we dissect Southwest Airlines’ move to cut some service at Lambert airport, where it’s by far the biggest carrier. Some West Coast routes are taking big hits, while other leisure destinations see additions. We’ll detail why the airport’s leader says she isn’t worried. And we’ll discuss a large planned investment at an innovation community in Creve Coeur, and why it’s happening now. 

This week we sit down with Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, who give us the latest on her push to preserve the Granite City Works plant after Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel, and discusses role she hopes to play in ending Metro East’s 15 years of population decline.

A new study released this week attempts to tabulate the impact the $390 million project launched in 2009 to bring new life the Gateway Arch grounds, the Old Courthouse, Kiener Plaza, and the Mississippi Riverfront. This week, we talk to the leader of that project to learn: Where do they go from here?   

This week, we’re joined by Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III who answers some big questions: How did the Cardinals find their way into the Kansas City Stadium Bill? What are they planning for Busch Stadium renovations? And how has the investment in talent development taken shape this season? Hear the answers to all that and more on this week’s episode of the Arch City Report.