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June 20, 2008

Legislative pay: Should not be politically hot

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/20/8 The required annual report on legislative pay is out, which usually brings on criticism of how much public officials are paid. For the record, state taxpayers were paid about $19 million to operate the Legislature last year, which includes pay and travel for the 174 members of the Legislature, legislative staff,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
June 20, 2008

Medicaid: Tensions rising, solutions still elusive

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 6/20/8 After closed-door meetings Thursday between Gov. Haley Barbour, Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant, House Speaker Billy McCoy and Senate and House leaders in the trenches of the ongoing battle to fund a $90 million Medicaid deficit, leaders emerged using words like “progress” and “optimism.” But it is obvious that as the June…