Skip to content

News

News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 12, 2015

MINOR sees Bryant losing Louisiana as a partner in Medicaid expansion fight

Bill Minor: Bryant about to lose an anti-Medicaid buddy Mississippi and Louisiana are two of the few states that elect governors in odd-numbered years. It happens that Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal and Mississippi’s Phil Bryant are buddy-buddy staunchly opposed to Medicaid expansion to qualify for Obamacare federal funds. Last week more evidence cropped up that Bryant…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 12, 2015

Cochran urged to help stop proposal to allow larger double-trailer trucks on roads

State leaders don’t want bigger double-trailer trucks Mississippi’s transportation commissioners are urging Sen. Thad Cochran to help squash a proposal that would force the state to allow larger double-trailer trucks on its roads. “I don’t like Congress mandating that states do this,” said Central Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall, who signed a letter to Cochran along…