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July 28, 2008

Medicaid solution involves face-saving

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/27/8 There appears to be little movement toward finding a solution on funding the state’s ailing Medicaid program. Republican Gov. Haley Barbour is insisting on his proposed hospital assessment to help plug the $90 million funding gap. Democratic House Speaker Billy McCoy is insisting on a tobacco tax. Republican Lt. Gov. Phil…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
July 28, 2008

State revenue: Cut taxes cautiously

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 7/27/8 By his own admission, one of the goals that Gov. Haley Barbour had for his Tax Study Commission was a thorough examination of the state’s tax structure in hopes of being able to deliver a restructuring of the system that might enable some state tax cuts. In 2003, Barbour ran on…