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December 8, 2016

Obamacare enrollment in Mississippi up 2,000

State Obamacare enrollment up 2,000 Nearly 2,000 more Mississippians have signed up for healthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act this year compared to the same period last year, according to data released last week by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Since open enrollment began Nov. 1, some 18,500 Mississippians have signed…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
December 8, 2016

Depsite lack of funding, MDOT releases Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan

MDOT plan has little money for new projects The Mississippi Department of Transportation recently released its Statewide Transportation Improvement Plan for 2017-20. Noticeably absent from the STIP is new four-lane highway construction. Officials with the agency have been saying for some time they barely have enough money to maintain the current transportation system – much…