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August 24, 2016

Non Profit DAILY JOURNAL advocates for Medicaid expansion in editorial

DAILY JOURNAL – OUR OPINION: Medicaid expansion could improve Mississippi’s health Setting aside politics offers the clearer picture about Medicaid in Mississippi. Adding 300,000 clients to the Medicaid roll would place more than 1 million Mississippians in the program. Our state’s number is large because our state’s poverty level qualifying people for Medicaid is among…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 24, 2016

MDOC Commissioner tells #msleg department is understaffed by 400 officers

MDOC understaffed, official says Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Marshall Fisher appeared Tuesday before lawmakers looking at ways to save on department and agency spending. From Fisher’s presentation, the things the public need to know about MDOC: •The number of inmates in MDOC custody: 19,478 •MDOC’s inmate capacity: 23,981 •Inmate population: range in age from…