With congressional probes of the Internal Revenue Service and Benghazi likely to remain in the spotlight, both allies and critics of President Barack Obama are predicting that fallout from those and other revelations could endanger key parts of his second-term agenda.
After meeting privately with House Republicans, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said he agreed with some proposed GOP changes in the state’s Medicaid program – provided that they go along with the Democratic governor's proposed expansion of the program, in line with the federal requirements.
A year after the Senate rejected his “Blunt amendment,” U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Friday he expects the U.S. Supreme Court to take up a case involving the federal mandate requiring employers to provide no-cost coverage for contraceptives, even if it goes against their religious or moral beliefs.
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., is praising a decision by the federal 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that is temporarily blocking a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires employer-provided insurance to cover contraception. A St. Louis businessman filed the suit. Blunt had unsuccessfully fought the issue earlier this year.
When President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law, he gave President Harry S Truman, who unsuccesfully championed national health insurance, the first Medicare card. Missouri’s two senators, both Truman fans, have divergent views on the ACA.
No one knows how the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the Affordable Care Act or its impact on health care and the presidential race. A forum May 9 at Washington University will try to navigate the uncertainties around the pending decision.
At times, the six hours of oral arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court on the national health care law seemed like theater of the absurd.
The six hours of argument on the health-care law in the Supreme Court echoed two centuries of conflict over the power of the federal government. A 5-4 partisan decision, though, could make it seem like a political branch of government.
Dr. Louis W. Sullivan feels some deja vu about health care these days. He recalls that President George H.W. Bush sent a health-reform proposal to Congress and got nowhere. What's different these days, he says, is political gridlock.
Can the Affordable Care Act survive if the individual mandate fails to pass constitutional muster? That's the question the Supreme Court is addressing today. The court will also examine the issue of expansion of Medicaid coverage.
Contraceptive coverage · Health reform · Rights of conscience amendment · Medicaid expansion · Congress spending power · Health insurance exchanges · reproductive rights · Medicaid · U.S. Supreme Court
Roy Blunt · Claire McCaskill · Rory Ellinger · Jeannette Mott Oxford · Louis W. Sullivan · Harry S Truman · Frank O'Brien · Blaine Luetkemeyer · Ann Wagner · Jay Nixon
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Meeting in St. Louis next week, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious will have its first opportunity as an assembled group to consider what to do after the Vatican issued a mandate for change this spring. It calls on the conference to reorganize and more strictly observe church teachings.
When a family of four goes to the St. Louis Zoo, they can be forgiven for not knowing it will cost them $60, $72 if they park. If they can't pay, the alternative is to tell the kids they can't do what kids do at the zoo.
Missouri House Speaker Steve Tilley gave reporters less than a half-hour’s notice today when he announced that conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh’s sculptured bust will be formally installed in the Capitol at 1 p.m.
Developers on the south side come in all shapes and sizes, with ambitions that vary from single buildings to entire city blocks. In the first of a two-part story, Jason Deem talks about building community.
Author M.M. Costantin, who has lived near the Loop for more than 40 years, compiled a photo book that shows Delmar when it was bustling, when it was dangerous and when it came back to life.
They arrived four years ago as fifth-graders, behind in their work and not used to rigorous classes, but they've advanced rapidly and have a strong academic grounding for high school.
The Beacon's Mary Delach Leonard and Rob Koenig extensively covered flooding in 2011 in Missouri. Now this coverage is compiled in an iBook. Read the stories.
Organizers aren't trying to replace the rib fest, but music lovers will be able to find tangy sustenance as they listen to such greats as Mavis Staples (pictured), Big George Brock, Trombone Shorty, Kim Massie and Marquise Knox take the stage.
Isley, a world-class guitarist as well as a gifted songwriter, communicates and connects swith an audience on an intimate level at "An Evening of Music and Discussion." He is hosting the event on Thursday in O'Fallon, Mo.
Like many artists, dancer Antonio Douthit hears a different drummer. But the drumbeat that changed his life at 16 wasn’t in his head. It wafted from a window on Washington Avenue. Douthit comes home for a May 25 performance in "Spring to Dance."
Donna Korando is the Beacon's arts and features editor. You can contact her at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.
Developers on the south side come in all shapes and sizes, with ambitions that vary from single buildings to entire city blocks. In the first of a two-part story, Jason Deem talks about building community.
Speaking to reporters at Monsanto, Howard Buffett warned that future generations would foot the bill for irresponsible soil use. He urged leaders to address thorny issues such as malnutrition and environmental destruction.
Twenty winners will split a million dollars and a wide array of professional services after this year's Arch Grants competition. Victors will also see one-on-one business mentoring in their prize package. The diverse group includes everything from biotech concerns to fashion enterprises.
Innovation and entrepreneurial activity are on the rise in St. Louis, especially in bioscience, technology and alternative energy. The Beacon's InnovationSTL section focuses on the people who are part of this wave, what they're doing and how this is shaping our future. To many St. Louisans, this wave is not yet visible. InnovationSTL aims to change that. We welcome you to share your knowledge, learn more about this vibrant trend and discuss its impact.
The Academy of Science-St. Louis hosts tours of EarthDance, an organic farm, and the Monsanto Agronomics and Breeding Facility May 21-22. The workshop is meant to prompt discussion and answer questions about these two competing philosophies of food production.
Speaking to reporters at Monsanto, Howard Buffett warned that future generations would foot the bill for irresponsible soil use. He urged leaders to address thorny issues such as malnutrition and environmental destruction.
Vernon Bowman's challenge to Monsanto Co.'s patent on its Roundup Ready soybean seeds was billed as a David vs. Goliath contest. Goliath won and won big. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that an Indiana soybean farmer had violated Monsanto's patent on its genetically engineered soybean seeds.
Sally Altman is the Beacon's Health and Science editor. You can contact her at saltman@stlbeacon.org.
You have to know your audience: McDonald's regulars don't need free-range chicken or a certain breed of beef; a second-chance high school needs personally motivated students as opposed to people ordered to attend and low-income Democrats by and large don't want a cigarette tax.
Last week, Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura sacrificed his crown as the King of America. He faced an individual decision to play against the best in the nation or the best on the planet. Find out what happened at that world-level tournament.
Our world sees rapid change in many ways -- how we view women, races, sexual minorities and other populations, for instance. While a daily delivery of new and different can be exhausting, it can force us to reflect and consider how to move forward, often incrementally, toward what is good and what bring value to our lives.
Donna Korando is the Beacon's Voices editor. You can contact her and submit opinion pieces for possible publication at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.