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Missouri employers: Upcoming changes in Medicaid may impact your employees

2 years 7 months ago
COVID-19 taught us hard-learned lessons about the importance of equitable access to affordable health care. Missouri’s employers have always played a central role in the health care system. Our community needs business leaders to once again be a steadfast resource for their employees as we prepare for upcoming changes in health care access. Starting next month, some of your employees covered by Medicaid could lose access to their health plan following the resumption of Medicaid redetermination,…
Stephanie Vojicic

What drives pay for chief investment officers at endowments?

2 years 7 months ago
Nonprofit organizations play vital roles in modern societies across a wide spectrum, including the arts, medicine and education, and their endowment funds provide billions of dollars annually to support the missions of the organization they serve. Due to their typically low liquidity needs and infinite investment horizons, endowments can invest in illiquid asset classes, such as private equity and venture capital. However, such an approach to investing, often referred to as the endowment model pioneered…
Matteo Binfarè

St. Louis Community College offers bioscience workforce training as part of statewide effort

2 years 7 months ago
St. Louis Community College has been chosen as a partner to deliver workforce training in the critical area of bioscience. The $2 million initiative is funded through Missouri’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), a $30 million competitive grant program administered by the Missouri Department of Economic Development. The college is supporting the establishment of BIOTECH for MO, one of the first bioscience industry-led, statewide workforce training effort. Leading this effort is BioSTL, a nonprofit…
St. Louis Community College

Two Charged After Gunshots Reports, Mini-Van On Fire Report

2 years 7 months ago
ALTON - Two men have been charged after multiple reports of gunshots fired in the 1000 block of Brown Street in Alton at 12:28 a.m. on March 26, 2023. Alton Police Chief Jarrett Ford said officers responded and located physical evidence of gunshots fired. Officers did not locate anyone injured by the gunfire, however, the residence of 1019 Brown Street was found to have been struck by several of the projectiles. The residence was occupied at the time of the incident. At 2:48 a.m. on March 29, 2023, the Alton Police Department received a report of a vehicle on fire in front of 1019 Brown Street. Officers and the Alton Fire Department responded to the area and located a white 2004 Chevrolet mini-van on fire. Officers located evidence at the scene that indicated that the fire was intentionally set. Detectives from the Criminal Investigation Division worked diligently throughout the week on both of these incidents and found them to be related and intentional towards the occupant of 1019

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