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Culture  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 1, 2021

SALTER: Supreme Court deals yet another major setback to unions in property rights decision

By: Sid Salter Mississippi’s agribusiness community and the state’s labor organizations both saw a major Supreme Court decision issued in a California case that centers on the intersection of union access to private property in union organizing activities. The case is styled Cedar Point Nursery and Fowler Packing Company, Inc., versus Victoria Hassid, in her…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 30, 2021

Medicaid initiates provider reimbursement rate freeze effective July 1

The move is line with the 2021 Medicaid Tech bill. The Mississippi Division of Medicaid announced that they will freeze provider rate reimbursements at their current levels effective July 1, 2021, in accordance with the 2021 Legislative Medicaid Technical amendments bill. Not everyone was happy with the Legislature’s decision to freeze these rates. Governor Tate…