KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 2 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * As a Staple on the back line, Zoe Mueller Earns Defensive Player of the Week Honors * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A staple on defense for Grace (Ind.) through the first four games of the season, all of which have been shutouts, Zoe Mueller kicks off the season earning national defensive player of the week honors. Mueller earned the weekly player of the we more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- BJC Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, has submitted a public comment letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the fiscal year 2026 Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System. The letter emphasizes the importance of policy adjustments that would better support hospital-based pediatric ESRD programs and ensure equitable treatment for patients. In its correspondence, BJC underscored the critical role that hospital-bas more ST

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 2 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Jack Cristini Claims Defensive Player of the Week After Clean Sheet Streak for Cougars * KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Spring Arbor (Mich.) men's soccer goalkeeper Jack Cristini has been selected as this season's first NAIA Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week. Cristini snags the honor after aiding the Cougars in back-to-back clean sheets last week aga more PR

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Sept. 2 -- The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation posted the following news release: * * * Missouri Shangri-La Dispensary Workers Officially Free of Unwanted UFCW Union Boss "Representation" * Labor Board certifies workers' victory in case to remove UFCW after union officials disclaim representation and walk away Columbia, MO (September 2, 2025) - The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has just issued an order that officially removes United Food and  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 2 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Pair of Game-Winning Goals Powers Jannik Hofmann to Offensive Player of the Week * KANSAS CITY, Mo.- Lourdes (Ohio) men's soccer forward Jannik Hofmann has been selected as the season's first NAIA Men's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week. The senior put on an impressive scoring display in the two-game stretch that lifted the Gray Wolves to wins  more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Sept. 3 -- The Missouri Hospital Association issued the following news: * * * Passion, Purpose, Priorities And Performance Will Guide MHA's Annual Convention The Missouri Hospital Association's 2025 Annual Convention offers a time for hospital and health system leaders and teams to refocus, reenergize and recommit to their organizations' missions. This year, four powerful ideas -- Passion, Purpose, Priorities and Performance -- will guide the conversations, learning more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * CBO: Democrats Covered Up Widespread Fraud and Abuse in Federal Health Programs Recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) confirms that Democrats conducted a years-long, massive cover-up to defraud American taxpayers in order to subsidize fraud, waste, and abuse in federal health programs, including using loopholes to pro more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Sept. 3 -- The Washington University School of Medicine issued the following news release: * * * Study sheds light on how pediatric brain tumors grow Blocking a chemical messenger in the brain that helps tumor cells multiply could offer new route to treatment * The most common type of brain tumor in children, pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), accounts for about 15% of all pediatric brain tumors. Although this type of tumor is usually not life-threatening, the unchecked growth more PR