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June 7, 2013

Miss. Senators back bill aimed at EPA’s guidance policy

Miss. Senators back bill aimed at EPA’s guidance policy U.S. Sens. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) have renewed their fight to halt the Environmental Protection Agency from using regulatory guidance to expand the scope of the Clean Water Act. Cochran and Wicker are cosponsoring the Preserve the Waters of the U.S. Act (S.1006),…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 7, 2013

Bryant opposes Dems’ Medicaid expansion alternative

Bryant opposes Dems’ Medicaid expansion alternative State House Democrats on Wednesday proposed an “alternative” to Medicaid expansion that would use federal money to buy insurance for 300,000 of the state’s working poor, similar to a proposal in Arkansas. But Gov. Phil Bryant and other Republicans said the Democrats’ plan is just a repackaged Medicaid expansion…