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May 1, 2008

Hospitals again call for tobacco tax

The Sun Herald, 4/30/8 The Mississippi Hospital Association is calling on Gov. Haley Barbour to include a tobacco tax in the special session for Medicaid. The association issued a statement Wednesday asking the governor to put all options on the table during the special session. Barbour hasn’t set a date to call lawmakers back to…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 1, 2008

Full rainy day fund pleases Barbour

The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 4/30/8 Gov. Haley Barbour signed into law Tuesday legislation filling the state’s rainy day fund to its legal capacity of $378 million. Barbour made the filling of the rainy day fund one of his key legislative priorities for the recently completed session. The legal capacity for the Working Cash Stabilization…