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March 16, 2017

Change coming to MS Dept of Health amid budget crunch

Facing major cuts, Health Dept. will have to ‘re-brand’ Facing more reductions in state spending that health advocates say amount to more than 47 percent for the Department of Health, some lawmakers say the agency will have to “re-brand” itself and operate more like it did in the 1900s than the 21st century. A budget draft as…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
March 16, 2017

MCPP: HB 1425: Necessary Regulatory Reform that Will Protect Consumers and Lower Prices

From the Mississippi Center for Public Policy: HB 1425: Necessary Regulatory Reform that Will Protect Consumers and Lower Prices Executive Summary  The Supreme Court recently ruled that many occupational licensing boards may be sued for engaging in anti-competitive practices. Approximately two dozen of Mississippi’s boards are vulnerable to lawsuit. There are, essentially, three ways to…