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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
December 5, 2018

SALTER: Bush’s long friendship with Montgomery served Mississippi and both men well

By: Sid Salter George Herbert Walker Bush and Gillespie V. “Sonny” Montgomery were both elected to Congress on Nov. 8, 1966 and both took office on Jan. 3, 1967. Unknown to either of them at the time, it was the beginning of a long and meaningful friendship. As freshmen in Congress, central Mississippi’s Montgomery, the…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
December 4, 2018

Medicaid EASE Initiative aims to improve access to needed services

DOM’s EASE Initiative aims to improve access to needed services for Medicaid beneficiaries Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is increasing the number of physician visits it covers for Medicaid beneficiaries, the first of a series of changes the agency plans to roll out in the coming year. The move is…