Missouri hospitals welcome the Obama administration's decision to eliminate a 5 percent reduction in disproportionate share payments under the Medicaid program. But hospitals say the amount doesn't offset other cuts under the Affordable Care Act.
Attorney General Chris Koster won’t appeal a federal court decision striking down a new state law that allows employers to exclude contraception, abortion or sterilization from insurance coverage. Koster dubbed the measure "just plain foolishness."
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.
Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones, R-Eureka, announced today that the House will pass a resolution next week urging Attorney General Koster to appeal a judge’s ruling that tossed out a law allowing employers to exclude insurance coverage for birth control.
Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones, a Republican, is calling on state Attorney General Chris Koster, a Democrat, to appeal last week’s court ruling that blocks provisions of a new state law that allows employers to decline to provide insurance coverage for contraception, abortion or sterilization.
In an apparent attempt to nudge Missouri’s Republican legislative leaders, the Missouri Chamber is telling employers around the state that if Missouri doesn’t expand Medicaid, they’ll be left holding the financial bag. At a news conference, the chamber and the Missouri Hospital Association released a study showing higher costs for employers if the expansion doesn't happen.
A third Missouri firm has obtained a federal judge’s restraining order barring enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s provision requiring that non-church employers provide contraceptive coverage to insured workers.
Alan O. Freeman, president and chief executive officer of St. Louis-based Grace Hill Health Centers, has been tapped by Gov. Jay Nixon to be the new director of the Missouri Department of Social Services, which oversees the state’s Medicaid program.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court decision to dismiss Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder’s challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The appeals court ruled that Kinder and another plaintiff in the suit didn't have standing to sue over President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement.
A conservative nonprofit is getting involved in the Show Me State’s attorney general contest, arguing that Attorney General Chris Koster didn’t do enough to oppose the federal health care law.
Medicaid expansion · Contraceptive coverage · Health insurance exchanges · Missouri U.S. Senate race · Ballot initiatives · Abortion · Sterlization · contraception coverage · Medicaid
Jay Nixon · Tim Jones · Chris Koster · Peter Kinder · Brad Lager · Steve Tilley · Ed Martin · Henry Griesedieck · Dan Mehan · Jay Barnes
Missouri Hospital Association · Attorney General's Office · 8th Circuit U.S. Court Of Appeals · Grace Hill Health Centers Inc. · Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry · American Future Fund
2012 election · 2012 legislative session · 2013 Missouri legislative session
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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.
The world seems eager to learn more about Pope Francis, so learning that he admires St. Philippine Duchesne and her spiritual daughters — Argentinean nuns who have been under Francis' spiritual direction as they live among the poor — adds to understanding.
The celebration in Sikeston will reunite residents of the community which was destroyed in May 2011 when the Army Corps of Engineers opened the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway to alleviate flooding on the Mississippi. Residents are still hoping for a FEMA buyout so they can relocate their village.
The Newman Money Museum at Washington University has a quirky pseudo-robot Ben Franklin in the basement that is essentially a TV screen projected into a plastic shell head.
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.
"Lost Egypt," at the St. Louis Science Center, combines real images shot in Egypt with art and artifacts as well as interactive and family-friendly features and explanations of the science used to uncover the ancient world. The exhibit will run through Sept. 2.
Opera is for snobs. Country music is for rednecks. Everybody loves Chuck Berry now that he's been around for a few decades, but what about Nelly? Why can't we simply respond to what's before us without dragging preconceptions and prejudices into play?
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.
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.
Opera is for snobs. Country music is for rednecks. Everybody loves Chuck Berry now that he's been around for a few decades, but what about Nelly? Why can't we simply respond to what's before us without dragging preconceptions and prejudices into play?
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.
Donna Korando is the Beacon's Voices editor. You can contact her and submit opinion pieces for possible publication at dkorando@stlbeacon.org.