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Ritenour High School shut down due to overnight threats

1 year 1 month ago
ST. LOUIS - The Ritenour School District announced that the high school will be closed on Thursday. The district sent out a note saying students will have an alternate method of instruction (AMI) day due to overnight threats to the school. The district says the choice to close the school is out of an abundance [...]
Nick Gladney

U.S. Education Department to open new financial aid form to more applicants

1 year 1 month ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education named the first six organizations to participate in the phased rollout of the 2025-26 form to apply for federal financial student aid Wednesday, and opened up the interest form for high schools, school districts and other entities to get involved in its next three testing periods. In August, the department said it […]
Shauneen Miranda

Two separate reports sound alarm on PBM practices that harm patients, consumers

1 year 1 month ago
Consumers should be alarmed by two independent reports that accuse pharmacy benefit managers, the influential middlemen in our health care system, of deploying anticompetitive pricing tactics that jeopardize patient care and undermine local pharmacies. The reports by the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability echoed concerns long voiced by consumers, doctors, pharmacists […]
Connie Farrow