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Q&A: Explaining the health care coverage gap
Lawmakers and advocates regularly refer to Mississippians without health insurance who are in the “coverage gap.” But what is the coverage gap, why does...
The unlikely Mississippi politician who could tank Medicaid expansion
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The unlikely Mississippi politician who could tank Medicaid expansion
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Appeals Judge Jim Greenlee to retire. Reeves will appoint replacement until ’26
Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Jim Greenlee will retire from the bench on June 30, leaving a vacancy on the state’s 10-member appellate court.
Greenlee,...
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Q&A: Why Arkansas could be a model for Mississippi Medicaid expansion
As leaders from the House and Senate will soon begin meeting to find common ground on their dueling Medicaid expansion proposals, some people have...
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Q&A: Why Arkansas could be a model for Mississippi Medicaid expansion
As leaders from the House and Senate will soon begin meeting to find common ground on their dueling Medicaid expansion proposals, some people have...
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Mississippi House not giving up on replacing public education funding formula
The Mississippi House of Representatives is remaining persistent in its efforts to discard the state’s current public education funding formula in favor of an entirely new model. While it appeared that efforts to ax the oft-criticized Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) and move forward with what lawmakers have tabbed the...
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Senate passes plan to alter Mississippi chancery, circuit court districts
The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to alter the county composition of Mississippi’s circuit and chancery court districts, a move that broke with decades...
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Gov. Tate Reeves’ newly-approved Medicaid plan would make expansion more lucrative for hospitals
Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday announced federal approval for part two of his 2023 proposal for increased reimbursements to Mississippi hospitals from Medicaid.
“This is...
