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February 21, 2014

Amendment to develop a plan for a state employee pay raise passes Mississippi House #msleg

Pay raise proposal alive in House The House Republican leadership thwarted 23 attempts Thursday to provide state employees a pay raise. But one amendment, offered by Rep. Preston Sullivan, D-Okolona, that mandates that a plan be developed to provide a $1,000 pay raise to employees of the state Department of Education for the upcoming fiscal…
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February 21, 2014

Mississippi House says no to Medicaid expansion again

Mississippi House rejects proposal to expand Medicaid The Mississippi House voted Thursday against expanding Medicaid to more than 230,000 uninsured working poor residents. Rep. Cecil Brown, D-Jackson, pushed for expansion as the House considered House Bill 1481, an early version of the Medicaid budget for the year that begins July 1. Brown pointed out that…