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Expansion dead and Medicaid tech bill incomplete as the 2024 session wraps
In the last days of the 2024 Legislative session, both the Medicaid expansion and Medicaid tech bills were killed, but a budget was adopted...
State approves $160M to expand Highway 7 to four lanes in Lafayette County
State lawmakers have approved $160 million to go toward widening Highway 7 to four lanes in one of the fastest-growing regions of the state. According to Oxford Mayor Robyn Tannehill, the investment paired with an additional $15M appropriated in 2023 will allow for the additional lanes on Highway 7 South...
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Legislature, flush with cash, passes budget, completing work for 2024 session
The Mississippi Legislature completed its work for the 2024 session on Friday with the passage of a $7 billion state budget – 5.8% larger...
Legislature, flush with cash, passes budget, completing work for 2024 session
The Mississippi Legislature completed its work for the 2024 session on Friday with the passage of a $7 billion state budget – 5.8% larger...
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Legislation to strip key power of PERS Board passes both chambers
Legislation that strips significant power from the board that governs the state’s public employee pension program has passed both chambers of the Legislature.
Under the...
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Legislation to strip key power of PERS Board passes both chambers
Legislation that strips significant power from the board that governs the state’s public employee pension program has passed both chambers of the Legislature.
Under the...
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New School Funding Formula to Replace MAEP Heads to Governor’s Desk
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago...
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New School Funding Formula to Replace MAEP Heads to Governor’s Desk
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago...
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A solution to the Republican impasse on Medicaid expansion
Kathleen O’Beirne knocked loudly on Sen. Kevin Blackwell’s office door in the basement of the Mississippi State Capitol on Saturday morning.
O’Beirne, a Ridgeland resident...
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A solution to the Republican impasse on Medicaid expansion
Kathleen O’Beirne knocked loudly on Sen. Kevin Blackwell’s office door in the basement of the Mississippi State Capitol on Saturday morning.
O’Beirne, a Ridgeland resident...