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Billions at stake as national battle over drug pricing plays out in Missouri

1 year 4 months ago

In a battle that pits some of the biggest players in health care against each other, the Missouri General Assembly has come down on the side of hospitals who want unlimited access to discounted drugs for their pharmacies. On the last day of this year’s legislative session, the Missouri House passed a bill making it […]

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Rudi Keller

Teenager shot in Vandeventer Neighborhood

1 year 4 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo.-- A teen was shot in the Vandeventer neighborhood early Thursday morning. The shooting occurred just before 3 a.m. on West Finney Avenue. Police say the 19-year-old man was shot in the thigh and back. He is conscious and breathing. There is no word from the shooter.
Nick Gladney

Canada Imposes 5% Tax On Streaming To Fund Local News, Diverse Content

1 year 4 months ago
Canadian Regulators are leaning on new authority built into the 2023 Online Streaming Act to impose a new 5 percent tax on streaming TV and music services like Netflix and Spotify; funding that the regulator says will then be used to help fund Canadian broadcasting. According to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announcement, […]
Karl Bode

Racial criteria removed by University of Missouri system from millions of dollars in student aid

1 year 4 months ago
The recent UM System Board of Curators petition to remove racial and ethnic criteria from 53 donated scholarships and funds is a final step in a year-long process that has already removed such criteria from millions of dollars in student aid. University of Missouri spokesperson Christian Basi said the university awarded $12.3 million in institutional financial aid with a race and ethnicity component in the 2022-23 academic year — about 6.4% of the university’s financial aid budget. In the same…
Katelyn Mcilwain

Former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner finally meets with state auditor

1 year 4 months ago
Following months of increasingly public attempts to get in contact with former St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Missouri state Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick finally met with her Wednesday. Trevor Fox, communications director for the Missouri state auditor's office, confirmed the office met with Gardner but had no further details to share. Fitzpatrick called a news conference in early May during which he told reporters his office couldn't find Gardner and asked anyone who knew where she was to…
Kelsi Anderson