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April 4, 2013

Sine Die

Mississippi lawmakers finish their 2013 session The House and Senate adjourned Thursday after finishing last-minute business, including confirmation of several nominees to lead agencies and serve on state regulatory boards. Lawmakers approved most of a $5.5 billion budget for fiscal 2014. But, they will have to return for a special session before July 1 to…
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April 4, 2013

Rep. Bobby Howell (R) on need to reauthorize Medicaid and Mississippi Democrats refusal to do so

Earlier in the 2013 session, on January 31st and again on February 15th, the Democrats in the Mississippi House of Representatives voted against the reauthorization of the Division of Medicaid which is scheduled to expire on June 30, 2013. On Sunday, March 31st and on Monday, April 1st, 2013, the Democrats again voted to kill…