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June 13, 2017

Speaker Gunn to fill Committee spots left vacant by #msleg resignations

House vacancies mean speaker will make new appointments At any rate, all three, Formby, Monsour and Barker, have attractive committee assignments that multiple House members would like to garner when Gunn reshuffles the committees to address the vacancies. All three have coveted spots on the two money committees. Monsour and Barker serve on the Appropriations…
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June 13, 2017

MS Dept of Health announces reorganization, shifting from 9 districts to 3

Dept. of Health district reorganization announced Currently, organized into nine public health districts, the agency will shift to a three-region model effective July 1.  Regional offices will be located in Tupelo, Jackson, and Biloxi. “By closing two-thirds of our district offices, we’re immediately saving $1.5 million in administrative overhead,” said MSDH State Health Officer Dr.…