Stalled budget talks at the state Capitol have some lawmakers predicting the session could end without agreement on Mississippi’s estimated $5 billion budget.
Still others say they are days away from a deal.
A critical deadline aimed at moving the budget process forward came and went Wednesday evening.
Aside from a fight between the two chambers on how to fund a multimillion-dollar Medicaid shortfall, the hangup seems to be over deciding how much money to put in the state’s rainy-day fund.
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