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August 2, 2008

Governor Barbour begins to execute an end-run ’round the Legislature on Medicaid

Barbour unveils new Medicaid funding plan Gov. Haley Barbour unveiled a new plan late Friday to fill a hole in the state Medicaid budget by shuffling existing assessments on hospitals. The new plan allows him to bypass the state Legislature. Barbour and House leaders had been unable to reach an agreement for nearly two months…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 1, 2008

Obama wants Oil Co. profits to subsidize his emergency economic plan

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) on Friday announced an “Emergency Economic Plan” that would give families a stimulus check of $1,000 each, funded in part by what his presidential campaign calls “windfall profits from Big Oil.” Separately, Obama’s plan includes a $50 billion stimulus package that his campaign claims would save more than 1 million jobs.…