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March 13, 2017

DeSoto Co delegation in #msleg split on tourism tax initiative

Surprise move for Southaven Lack of unanimous support for a Senate bill authored by state Sen. David Parker, R-Olive Branch seen as a compromise bill on the controversial “Penny for the Parks” tourism tax dedicated to parks improvements led the Southaven Mayor and Board of Aldermen Friday to convene a special meeting to unanimously pass…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 13, 2017

$89 million Medicaid deficit effecting state’s hospitals

Mississippi has an $89 million Medicaid problem, and hospitals could pay Medicaid is one of Baptist-DeSoto’s biggest insurers, covering more than 10 percent of its patients. And right now the state agency is at a crisis point, facing a near record-breaking $89 million budget deficit. So far this session, lawmakers have committed only to fulfilling…