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April 22, 2008

Congress may halt Medicaid fund cuts

The Clarion-Ledger, 4/22/8 Congress could consider as early as today a possible moratorium on proposed federal cuts to Medicaid that would further dent the state’s coffers and impact thousands of Mississippians served by the program. Some key state lawmakers are hoping their counterparts in Washington will make a final decision on whether to implement the…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
April 22, 2008

Legislature ’08: Special session is wasteful

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/21/8 At a time when the state budget is tight and getting tighter, Mississippi lawmakers will have to come back to the Capitol to finish legislative business in a special session. What a waste. When the 2008 regular session of the Legislature began, the legislative leadership was praised by this newspaper and…