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Mississippi’s 2024 legislative session is over. Here’s what passed and what didn’t
Mississippi’s extended legislative session has officially come to an end. Lawmakers on Saturday put the gavel to rest, ending more than four months’ worth of debating over prospective bills and approving a $7.9 billion budget to cover operations statewide. While some hot-ticket items among voters – including Medicaid expansion, restoring Mississippi’s...
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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...
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Shampooers don’t need 1,000 hours of training
It takes 1,000 hours of training before you can professionally shampoo hair in Mississippi.
Shampooers shampoo and rinse consumers’ hair in a beauty parlor. They...
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Former MDOC Probation Officer Dendrick Hurd is Guilty of Embezzlement
JACKSON, Miss. – State Auditor Shad White announced today that Dendrick Hurd, a former Mississippi Department of Correction (MDOC) probation officer, pled guilty to...
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Two of Mississippi’s four U.S. House incumbents face runoffs
Two of Mississippi’s four incumbent U.S. House members on Tuesday were forced into June 28 runoffs with challengers.
Neither Michael Guest, representing the 3rd Congressional...
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Blue Cross, UMMC resolution moving at a ‘snail’s pace,’ insurance commissioner says
A resolution to the dispute between the state’s largest insurer and hospital is off to a slow start.
Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney said mediation between...
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Report: Mississippi misses opportunity to make the most out of child care stimulus funds
While pandemic child tax credits meaningfully reduced financial stress for Mississippi families, federal child care supports have been less effective than in other states...
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Overcoming poverty with the Success Sequence
For many years, the Success Sequence – graduate from high school, work full time, and don’t have kids until you’re married – has been...
