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Centene PBM settlement with South Carolina raises total payout to $964.8M

2 years 3 months ago
Without admitting guilt, the Clayton-based managed care giant agreed to make the payment after the state charged that Centene had misrepresented the true cost of PBM services, failed to disclose discounts to the state and filed improper reporting to the state about services provided, according to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson.
James Drew

Nearly half of Missouri social-equity marijuana license applicants were from out of state 

2 years 3 months ago

More than 40% of the owners listed on applications for state’s social-equity marijuana licenses issued in October were from outside Missouri, according to an annual report released by the Division of Cannabis Regulation Wednesday. About half of those owners came from California, Michigan, Louisiana and Arizona collectively.   The microbusiness license program is meant to boost […]

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Rebecca Rivas

Brasas Will Bring Ember-Cooked Chicken to the Loop

2 years 3 months ago
Andrew Cisneros will open a brick-and-mortar location for his Brasas concept in the Delmar Loop in spring 2024. The restaurant will open at 6138 Delmar Blvd., the former home of 12oh7 Herban Eatery.
Lauren Healey

St. Louis' Pesticide Use Has a Citizens Group Demanding Change

2 years 3 months ago
Six years ago, Erin O’Reilly walked through Tower Grove Park when she noticed something she thought was concerning. A city worker was spraying chemicals on the park’s greenery, and O’Reilly, a nurse and lactation consultant, says she noticed the same thing occur again and again in the years that followed.
Monica Obradovic

Beffa's Retakes Its Kitchen, Pivots to 'Elevated Family Sports Bar' Fare

2 years 3 months ago
The Midtown restaurant and bar Beffa's (2700 Olive Street) announced yesterday that it has retaken control of its kitchen. In doing so, it is parting ways with Honey Bee's Midtown, a biscuit-focused daytime spot that took up residence in the Beffa's kitchen in October. Beffa's announced the move on its Facebook page.
Jessica Rogen

U.S. House speaker leads GOP lawmakers to the border to slam Biden on immigration

2 years 3 months ago

WASHINGTON — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson led a delegation of House Republicans on a Wednesday trip to the U.S.-Mexico border to demand hard-line immigration proposals in exchange for passage of President Joe Biden’s emergency global security supplemental request. “If President Biden wants a supplemental spending bill focused on national security, it better begin by […]

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Ariana Figueroa

Time for a Victory Lap?

2 years 3 months ago
Those who believed inflation would be transitory were proven right, and those who demanded the sacrifice of mass unemployment proven wrong.
Joseph E. Stiglitz