A federal judge in Kansas City granted a temporary restraining order barring the government from cutting the Medicare and Medicaid funding of a St. Louis-based long-term acute care hospital. The hospital, Select Specialty Hospital-St. Louis, operates within Forest Park Community ...

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Corporate clients that have been sitting on the sidelines are starting to get involved in lobbying efforts as President-elect Barack Obama takes office as president and the Democratic Party tightens its grip on Congress, according to attorneys and lobbyists. Now the Missouri firms who have beefed up or started Washington, D.C., government affairs practices the past three years may find out whether their investment will pay off.

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