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April 4, 2008

Senate passes resolution to file Medicaid bill

The Sun Herald, 4/3/8 The Mississippi Senate voted to allow the filing of a Medicaid bill that backers say is expected to solve a large part of the agency’s funding problem. The chamber passed a resolution on Thursday that will let a bill be introduced past a legislative filing deadline. The House must also pass…
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April 4, 2008

Immigration: Legislature should reconsider bill

The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 4/4/8 An old saying goes: “Legislate in haste, repent at leisure.” And Mississippi lawmakers are beginning to have second thoughts about an immigration bill they hastily approved this session and Gov. Haley Barbour imprudently signed into law. Lawmakers composed of a two-thirds majority of both chambers would be required to consider changing…