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June 25, 2009

Roll Call – House Ethics Panel to Investigate Caribbean Trips

Roll Call – House Ethics Panel to Investigate Caribbean Trips The House ethics committee voted Wednesday to investigate two privately sponsored trips to the Caribbean over concerns surrounding the events’ benefactors. Media reports in recent months raised questions regarding how the Carib News Foundation funds an annual trip to the Caribbean, as well as whether…
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June 25, 2009

MCJ Editorial – What hospital tax?

MCJ Editorial – What hospital tax? What’s interesting about the state budget impasse is that the hospitals get $6 for every $1 they pay in to Medicaid, so why on earth would that be called a “tax?” The formula was a plan the Mississippi Hospital Association asked for under the Fordice administration and now suddenly…