Last year, looking to capitalize on a booming Medicare Advantage business, health insurer Aetna offered new perks for seniors. Now the company has walked them back.
ST. LOUIS -- How should fans express dissatisfaction with their teams? One of the most memorable examples occurred in the 1970s with the New Orleans Saints. The team was performing so poorly that frustrated fans began attending games with bags over their heads, derisively nicknaming the team "The 'Aints." This phenomenon illustrates the idea of [...]
A group of Republicans refusing to follow the strictures set forth by their party’s far-right wing were kicked off the ballot in one Missouri county last week on the same day that, in another part of the state, a former KKK member fought to remain on the GOP ballot for governor. On Thursday, in Vernon County in southwestern Missouri, what one strategist calls the “crazies” in the Missouri GOP scored a win in court when a judge barred eight candidates from running as Republicans in the August primary. Judge Gayle Crane’s ruling was a boon for those in the state party advocating that all Republican candidates pass a vetting process before being allowed on the ballot with an R next to their name.
Art Saint Louis--a nonprofit art organization and gallery located in downtown St. Louis for 40 years--presents our Spring 2024 art exhibition, "Window to the Soul." This juried show is on […]
DES PERES, Mo. -- A car crashed into a nail salon in Des Peres, causing significant damage. The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon at the Nail Spa Salon located on Manchester Road. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries. Details about what led to the crash are currently unclear.
ST. PETERS, Mo. -- The familiar buzz of summer is back as cicadas have emerged in various locations, including St. Peters. Viewer-submitted photos show dozens of these insects on trees. From late April through June 2024, the largest brood of 13-year cicadas, known as Brood XIX, will co-emerge with a midwestern brood of 17-year cicadas, [...]
Long before TikTok histrionics took root, you might recall that numerous members of Congress spent numerous years freaking about another Chinese company: Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei. The argument, made without much in the way of public evidence, was that Huawei was systematically using its network gear to spy on Americans at a massive scale. […]
The St. Louis-based health system said it is "making progress" in restoring systems taken down by what it now calls a "ransomware incident" it discovered last week.
When the final budget votes were over Friday and the constitutional deadline was met, Missouri House Republicans crowed about holding the line on spending while Democrats accused the GOP of failing the state’s most vulnerable citizens.
A budget process that had the least public input in years — with just a pro-forma public hearing in the House and no calls for public testimony by Senate budget writers — left no one pleased with the process. But House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith said…
For the second year in a row, the fate of a bill creating new child care tax credits — one of Gov. Mike Parson’s top legislative priorities — is in the hands of a faction of Republicans in the Missouri Senate. Designed to help improve access and affordability of child care, the package of child […]
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