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June 28, 2013
CottonMouth – What does a “repealer” do?
What does a “repealer” do? Executive branch agencies, like the Department of Medicaid, or the Department of Environmental Quality, are created by state statute. Those statutes, of course, are written and passed by the Legislature. Our Mississippi Legislature has kept much power for itself over the years by inserting language that automatically repeals the statutes…
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June 28, 2013
MS Pep – Lt. Gov. Reeves hints at support of one-year repealer, and more expansion debate in 2014
Lt. Gov. Reeves hints at support of one-year repealer, and more expansion debate in 2014 On the opening day of the special session Thursday, the House voted to both reauthorize and to fund the health care program, something it could not do in the regular session. But both bills were held on parliamentary maneuvers meaning…
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June 28, 2013
Rep. Broomfield becomes Moss Point mayor Saturday
Rep. Broomfield becomes Moss Point mayor Saturday Democratic state Rep. Billy Broomfield will be sworn in Saturday afternoon as the new mayor of Moss Point. Broomfield says his resignation from the Mississippi House will take effect that day. He has served in the Legislature since 1992, representing a district that is entirely in Jackson County.…
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June 28, 2013
Capital Chronicles – Budget surplus: Old “problem” in new economy
Budget surplus: Old “problem” in new economy About the same time the economy collapsed, I began working in earnest on the state’s budget as part of Gov. Barbour’s budget policy team. (Note: There was no correlation between my working on the budget & dwindling tax revenues.) In 2007, Mississippi’s fiscal situation was beginning to crumble:…
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June 28, 2013
Myths v. Facts: Wicker Sanctuary Cities Amendment
Myths v. Facts: Wicker Sanctuary Cities Amendment to S. 744 This amendment’s purpose is to promote greater information sharing between and among local, state, and federal law enforcement officials regarding criminal conduct by illegal immigrants. Federal law already encourages such information sharing. There is no consequence, however, for those jurisdictions that actively choose to violate…
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June 28, 2013
Cochran and Wicker vote no on immigration bill
COCHRAN OPPOSES IMMIGRATION REFORM BILL Determines Senate Measure Won’t Solve Border Security, Enforcement Issues WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted against passage of the Senate’s immigration reform bill, determining that the legislation will not solve the border security or enforcement problems that now characterize illegal immigration in the United States. The…
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June 28, 2013
Halftime in the special session
The rout is on by Frank Corder
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June 28, 2013
FLASH – MS House Democrats in full scale retreat on #Medicaid – HB2 passes 115-1
Speaker Philip Gunn Statement on Passage of Medicaid Funding Bill Jackson, MS—House Bill 2 (HB2), the Medicaid Appropriations Bill, passed the House floor by a vote of 115-1. It provides $840 million in state supported funds. “I commend House members for their prudent work today on funding and reauthorizing the Division of Medicaid,” said Speaker…
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June 27, 2013
FLASH – HB2 passes in Appropriations Committee in what observers call a unanimous voice vote
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June 27, 2013
Votes on HB1 on #Medicaid – Moak, Brown and other House Democrats cave
MS Hospital Assn Tweet Voting against Medicaid Bailey Banks Baria Barnes Blackmon Broomfield Buck Buck Burnett Calhoun Clark Coleman, M Dickson Ellis Espy Evans, J Gibbs Harrison Perkins Smith, F Straughter Watson Young
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June 27, 2013
HB1 passes in a rout – House Democrats running for cover in 93-23 vote
House Bill 1 (HB1), the Medicaid Reauthorization Bill, passed the House floor by a vote of 93-23. “We have passed a bill that only reauthorizes Medicaid,” said Speaker of the House Philip Gunn. “There is no repealer in this bill, because we believe that the days of playing politics with the lives of 700,000 Mississippians…
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June 27, 2013
HB1 and HB2 are at the center of MS legislative session on Medicaid reauthorization
HB1 deletes the automatic repealer effectively reauthorizing the Medicaid program. HB 2 appropriates funds as well as authorizes over 1000 employees to administer Medicaid
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Bonnie Coblentz
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April 10, 2026
Strategic, unified vision transforms Carthage
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Miss. Dept. of Health outlines upcoming fiscal year budget
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 10, 2026
Mississippi moves up to 48th in national health rankings
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Susan Marquez
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April 10, 2026
C Spire completes work under Mississippi Capital Projects Fund to expand high-speed, broadband infrastructure
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Daniel Tyson
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April 9, 2026
Amazon investing another $12 billion in Central Mississippi
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Frank Corder
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March 31, 2026
Channel South, $105 million mixed use development, aims to transform Gulfport’s downtown
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 10, 2026
Joan Williams: Gifted author and Faulkner’s protégé
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Alistair Begg
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April 10, 2026
Protected by His presence
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Marilyn Tinnin
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April 9, 2026
The Mississippi Gift Company spreads the best of the Magnolia State across the globe
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Roger Wicker
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April 10, 2026
Rebuilding the American arsenal
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Russ Latino
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April 8, 2026
The truth about ACA subsidies after the “One Big Beautiful Bill”
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Sid Salter
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April 8, 2026
A new take on an old question about who Mississippians trust with life-altering decisions
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