The Biden administration finalized nursing home staffing rules Monday that will require thousands of them to hire more nurses and aides — while giving them years to do so.
The new rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services are the most substantial changes to federal oversight of the nation’s roughly 15,000 nursing homes in more than three decades. But they are less stringent than what patient advocates said was needed to provide high-quality care.
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From NPR: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is on track to return to a renovated Powell Hall in September 2025, orchestra officials said Wednesday. Orchestra officials announced that they have raised more than $145 million of a $155 million capital campaign to pay for the project and ongoing building costs and fund a $15 million […]
From MRN: Rep. Tricia Byrnes (R-District 63) hosted an open house meeting on Apr. 18 for St. Charles County elected officials and the public to learn about the new Improve I-70 construction project that will update 200 miles of road throughout Missouri. Byrnes brought in MoDOT workers to lay out preliminary plans and answer questions, […]
Bruno David presents Lifelines, a sculpture installation by multi-disciplinary artist Judith Shaw. The installation in the WINDOW ON FORSYTH is on view 24/7 at 7513 Forsyth Blvd., Saint Louis (Downtown […]
Van McElwee received his MFA in Multimedia 1978 from Washington University School of Art and his BFA in Printmaking in 1973 from the Memphis College of Art. Selected installations and […]
Jean Mason's photographic anthology in the exhibition, captures the quintessence of life—or rather, its absence. This poignant collection features images of lifeless nature that Mason encountered while meandering through the […]
Damon Freed statement on The Inner Chapters paintings: “The paintings came into being after a long sojourn into the mind and heart of working nonobjectively, that is, after looking inward […]
Webster Groves Herb Society's big sale is coming up this weekend. They will have a variety of culinary, ornamental, and medicinal herbs, full size and cherry tomato plants, hot and sweet peppers, and Missouri native plants, including coneflowers, bee balm, yarrow, and milkweeds. There will also be some member-grown herbs and plants and a wonderful [...]
This story was first published in the Daily Egyptian of Southern Illinois University and is reprinted with permission. Southern Illinois University tenure professor Scott McClurg died April 13 after a long struggle with brain cancer.
ABBOTT, Texas (FOX 44) - A Missouri man has died in a Hill County crash. Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Troopers responded to a crash on Interstate 35's Mile Marker #361 at approximately 11:50 p.m. Friday. While a roadcrew was working and performing traffic control for the inside lane, a Chevrolet pickup truck traveling [...]
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