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May 4, 2007

Mayor: Eliminate agency, apply funds to deficit

The Clarion-Ledger, 5/4/7 Melton has told some council members he wants to abolish the Jackson Redevelopment Authority and take its reserves, which City Council President Ben Allen said the mayor believes to be more than $3 million. Melton also wants to sell the Standard Life Building and city-owned land in downtown. The moves could net…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 4, 2007

Medicaid reforms went to far, say poor’s advocates

The Commercial Dispatch, 5/3/7 Annual face-to-face meetings are now required for recipients to enroll in Medicaid to ensure they’re eligible. This has helped reduce Mississippi’s Medicaid rolls, which had about 650,000 people in 2002 and now has about 556,400. Critics of this new sign-up procedure say it involves too much bureaucracy and deters poor people…