Natchez sales tax up

Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann touts agreements on a new education funding formula and on revisions to PERS funding, laments Medicaid expansion failure.

The efforts for Medicaid expansion during the 2024 Legislative session came to an end last night after the death of the conference report on a filing deadline. Lawmakers in the House and Senate could not come to an agreement on how to expand Medicaid in Mississippi, with much of the negotiations hanging on a work…