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Fort Leonard Wood is home to more than 6,000 soldiers and at least three endangered species.
Those animals and two more that are threatened are protected and cared for despite living among shelling and other military training.
And scientists flock to the installation, saying it’s a boon to their research and gives them an opportunity to help these animals.
Fort Leonard Wood is the confirmed home of three endangered species: the spectaclecase mussel, the gray bat and the Indiana Bat. Also on base are two threatened species: the eastern hellbender salamander and the northern long-eared bat.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/endangered-species-find-peaceful-home-land-used-train-war
Endangered Species Find A Peaceful Home On Land Used To Train For War
Fort Leonard Wood is home to more than 6,000 soldiers and at least three endangered species.
Those animals and two more that are threatened are protected and cared for despite living among shelling and other military training.
And scientists flock to the installation, saying it’s a boon to their research and gives them an opportunity to help these animals.
Fort Leonard Wood is the confirmed home of three endangered species: the spectaclecase mussel, the gray bat and the Indiana Bat. Also on base are two threatened species: the eastern hellbender salamander and the northern long-eared bat.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/endangered-species-find-peaceful-home-land-used-train-war
St. Louis Blues Raise Stanley Cup Championship Banner
The rafters at Enterprise Center have gained what St. Louis hockey fans have long sought — a Stanley Cup championship banner.
In a pregame ceremony prior to Wednesday night’s home opener, St. Louis Blues fans roared as the team raised the banner before a capacity crowd.
The ceremony began with narrated videos containing highlights of the hockey team’s historic run. Many of the videos featured players hoisting the Cup during the postgame ceremony in Boston after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final, at the championship parade down Market Street and individually, when each player had their own day to spend with the trophy.
In a darkened arena and with a dramatic puff of dry-ice smoke the banner began its slow ascent accompanied by the familiarity of “Gloria,” the song that became last season’s anthem.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-blues-raise-stanley-cup-championship-banner
New Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic In Fairview Heights Was Built In Secret
Planned Parenthood is taking a step to increase access to abortions in the metro-east and the region with a new state-of-the-art center in Fairview Heights.
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region will expand abortion services in the new facility, providing both surgical and medication abortions. It is expected to begin seeing patients in late October.
“We are thrilled to be able to better serve our patients through this new center, both in Southern Illinois and around the region,” said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO. “Close to 5,000 people sought care at our Fairview Heights health center last year alone, and this new center will allow us to serve even more.”
The new center will replace the current Fairview Heights Health Center on Illinois 159, which offers medication abortions only. The new center, located at 317 Salem Place, previously was a medical building. Renovations have been underway for more than a year. It was built in secret to avoid delays, Planned Parenthood has acknowledged.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/new-planned-parenthood-abortion-clinic-fairview-heights-was-built-secret
New Planned Parenthood Abortion Clinic In Fairview Heights Was Built In Secret
Planned Parenthood is taking a step to increase access to abortions in the metro-east and the region with a new state-of-the-art center in Fairview Heights.
Reproductive Health Services of Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region will expand abortion services in the new facility, providing both surgical and medication abortions. It is expected to begin seeing patients in late October.
“We are thrilled to be able to better serve our patients through this new center, both in Southern Illinois and around the region,” said Yamelsie Rodriguez, president and CEO. “Close to 5,000 people sought care at our Fairview Heights health center last year alone, and this new center will allow us to serve even more.”
The new center will replace the current Fairview Heights Health Center on Illinois 159, which offers medication abortions only. The new center, located at 317 Salem Place, previously was a medical building. Renovations have been underway for more than a year. It was built in secret to avoid delays, Planned Parenthood has acknowledged.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/new-planned-parenthood-abortion-clinic-fairview-heights-was-built-secret
Medicare Advantage Premiums to Decrease in 2020
Monthly premiums for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are expected to drop by an average of $3.87 to an estimated $23 in 2020 — a 14 percent decrease, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) announced on Tuesday. About one-third of Medicare's 60 million beneficiaries belong to these private insurance plans.
Open enrollment for all Medicare enrollees begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.
Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, is a private insurance alternative to original Medicare. These plans include Medicare Part A, which covers hospital care, hospice, and some nursing home and rehabilitative services, and Part B, which helps pay for doctor visits and other outpatient services, including lab tests, scans and other diagnostic services. Most MA plans also include prescription drug coverage.
The premiums announced Tuesday represent a nationwide average. Actual monthly charges for MA plans will vary depending on what the plan covers and where beneficiaries live. CMS announced this year that premiums for Part D prescription drug coverage were also trending down by about 13.5 percent to a projected $30 a month. CMS has not yet set the premiums for Part B or the deductibles for parts A and B.
https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-2019/medicare-advantage-premiums-decline.html?
Medicare Advantage Premiums to Decrease in 2020
Monthly premiums for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans are expected to drop by an average of $3.87 to an estimated $23 in 2020 — a 14 percent decrease, the Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) announced on Tuesday. About one-third of Medicare's 60 million beneficiaries belong to these private insurance plans.
Open enrollment for all Medicare enrollees begins Oct. 15 and ends Dec. 7.
Medicare Advantage, also known as Medicare Part C, is a private insurance alternative to original Medicare. These plans include Medicare Part A, which covers hospital care, hospice, and some nursing home and rehabilitative services, and Part B, which helps pay for doctor visits and other outpatient services, including lab tests, scans and other diagnostic services. Most MA plans also include prescription drug coverage.
The premiums announced Tuesday represent a nationwide average. Actual monthly charges for MA plans will vary depending on what the plan covers and where beneficiaries live. CMS announced this year that premiums for Part D prescription drug coverage were also trending down by about 13.5 percent to a projected $30 a month. CMS has not yet set the premiums for Part B or the deductibles for parts A and B.
https://www.aarp.org/health/medicare-insurance/info-2019/medicare-advantage-premiums-decline.html?
Judge Blocks Missouri From Enforcing Its 'Down Syndrome Abortion' Ban
A federal judge on Friday blocked a part of Missouri’s newly enacted abortion law banning “Down syndrome abortions” of non-viable fetuses.
Senior U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs had previously blocked the state’s ban of most pre-viability abortions. But he asked for further evidence of the number of women who would be affected by the Down syndrome prohibition.
The Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, which sued to overturn the law, submitted evidence that the Down syndrome ban would affect a small number of women.
That, Sachs ruled, was sufficient to issue an injunction blocking the ban from taking effect while the state appeals.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/judge-blocks-missouri-enforcing-its-down-syndrome-abortion-ban
Judge Blocks Missouri From Enforcing Its 'Down Syndrome Abortion' Ban
A federal judge on Friday blocked a part of Missouri’s newly enacted abortion law banning “Down syndrome abortions” of non-viable fetuses.
Senior U.S. District Judge Howard Sachs had previously blocked the state’s ban of most pre-viability abortions. But he asked for further evidence of the number of women who would be affected by the Down syndrome prohibition.
The Planned Parenthood clinic in St. Louis, which sued to overturn the law, submitted evidence that the Down syndrome ban would affect a small number of women.
That, Sachs ruled, was sufficient to issue an injunction blocking the ban from taking effect while the state appeals.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/judge-blocks-missouri-enforcing-its-down-syndrome-abortion-ban
East St. Louis Asked For $2.5 Million To Fix Flood Damages. It May Get Far Less.
East St. Louis has asked the federal government for $2.5 million to repair damage from this spring’s floods, but could wind up getting only a fraction of what it wants.
The city is among two dozen local governments that have applied for $33 million in assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Five months after this spring’s historic flooding, they’re beginning to get an idea of how much they will receive as FEMA teams investigate their requests.
East St. Louis has been temporarily approved by FEMA to receive $209,557 — or about 8% of what it wants — to fix its sewer system the city claims was damaged by flooding on the Mississippi River. It could get more once the process is completed.
The Metro East Sanitary District in Madison County applied for $2.79 million but so far has been approved to receive $1.8 million, or $940,000 less than it requested.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/east-st-louis-asked-25-million-fix-flood-damages-it-may-get-far-less
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