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February 16, 2009

Medicaid: Still needs long-term solution

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 2/16/9 While there have been some encouraging signs on both sides of the political spectrum in Mississippi over Medicaid funding, the fact remains that the Legislature has yet to provide stable funding for the program that provides public health care to the poor, the blind and disabled and children. More than six…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
February 16, 2009

MDOC trying to cut costs, instituting hiring freeze

The Clarion-Ledger, 2/15/9 As part of its cost-cutting plan, the Mississippi Department of Corrections has a hiring freeze, employees who leave aren’t being replaced unless they are essential security personnel, and prisoners are being removed from county jails and private prisons. The MDOC has had to trim its budget by $16.4 million the past two…