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January 7, 2008

State budget woes imperil Medicaid funds

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/6/8 Most Mississippi lawmakers agree it’s a must to find the $86 million needed to fund the Division of Medicaid this fiscal year. But with little money to spare, none knows where it will come from. Without the money, and another $168 million in additional funds for fiscal 2009, Medicaid Executive Director Robert…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
January 7, 2008

Bill amending cigarette, food taxes in doubt for new year

The Clarion-Ledger, 1/6/8 Passing a law this year that would lower grocery taxes and increase cigarette taxes appears doubtful after two years of legislative debate and gubernatorial opposition – despite the bill’s bipartisan support and popularity among voters. Some legislators who pushed a bill that would halve the 7 percent grocery tax and raise the…