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May 28, 2008

Dems question Medicaid fix

Dems question hospital tax proposal Hospital officials joined Barbour at a news conference explaining the plan. Although they agreed to it, they reiterated their support of a cigarette tax hike that he has rejected. Barbour urged lawmakers to approve a complicated formula to plug the $90 million hole Medicaid faces annually. Barbour said the proposal,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 28, 2008

DM – Losing the stronghold

Losing the stronghold But was the election a portent of a change in the political currents? A review of the past Representatives from the 1st District tells a different tale. Of the last 4, beginning with the 1953 election of Thomas Abernathy, 3 were Democrats. In the entire history of the region wherein it has…