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Russ Latino
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April 24, 2024
Breaking down House, Senate Medicaid expansion plans
The Senate’s existing Medicaid expansion proposal would be cheaper for the state than the House's compromise plan and ensure the same coverage group has access to health insurance. The House's compromise plan comes with a one-time financial incentive from the federal government.
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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April 24, 2024
After Wayfair, collecting (and paying) sales tax across state lines remains confusing
Columnist Sid Salter looks back on the 2018 SCOTUS ruling that changed the way remote sales tax was assessed and collected.
Opinion
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Lesley Davis
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April 23, 2024
OPINION: Biden Administration Declares War on Biology — and on Women
The Biden administration's decision to redefine "sex" to include "gender identity" moves the term from a matter of core biological truth to a matter of personal selection.
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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April 23, 2024
Partial Medicaid expansion better deal for state than full expansion
Partial Medicaid expansion could save the state up to $180 million annually when compared to full expansion proposals, while covering the same number of people. Here's how.
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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April 22, 2024
Medicaid expansion arguments crumble under mild scrutiny
Answering seven false arguments being advanced by supporters of Medicaid expansion.
Opinion
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Patrick Sullivan
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April 19, 2024
Energy, speed, and foresight won the Amazon data project
The AWS project is evidence of a well-planned, competitive system for development in Mississippi.
Opinion
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Christina Dent
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April 18, 2024
Recriminalizing drug possession in Oregon is a rewind to failed policy
Christina Dent says a punitive approach to drug use has not succeeded in the last one hundred years, and it won’t succeed in the next one hundred.
Opinion
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Mark Udall
, Bob Goodlatte
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April 17, 2024
Senate can stop expansion of government surveillance
The U.S. Senate has plenty of time to act with deliberation on FISA. Udall and Goodlatte say Senators can boldly strike the toxic Everyone’s a Spy amendment that passed the House.
Opinion
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Bill King
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April 17, 2024
U.S. fatalities in 2023 return to pre-pandemic trendline
It is unquestionable that the coronavirus pandemic exacted an enormous toll but a great deal of the damage was also due to our reactions to it.
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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April 17, 2024
‘Arkansas model’ pushed by Medicaid expansion advocates worst of both worlds
As Mississippi’s legislative session nears close, lobbyists and progressive media outlets have begun pushing the ‘Arkansas model’ as a compromise. It’s a bad play for current Medicaid enrollees and the state budget
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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April 17, 2024
In Mississippi’s Medicaid debate, look at rapidly increasing rural mortality rates
Columnist Sid Salter cites report written by USDA economists that says there is a growing natural-cause mortality gap between rural and urban areas of the U.S.
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Russ Latino
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April 16, 2024
Progressives should be ‘inspired’ by House education funding formula
The INSPIRE Act is more progressive than Mississippi's current education funding formula, the Mississippi Adequate Education Program. Still, it continues to draw opposition from progressive advocates who exercise 'foolish consistency' in their committed to MAEP.
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Jeremy Pittari
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April 26, 2024
Speaker Johnson shares importance of faith, concerns for border security while in Mississippi
News
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Sarah Ulmer
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April 26, 2024
Senate signs two Medicaid expansion conference report proposals
News
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Magnolia Tribune
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April 26, 2024
Magnolia Mornings: April 26, 2024
Business
Business
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Ashley Cannady
, Brant Pettis
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April 26, 2024
Looking for Certainty: Protection from competition following the FTC’s rule banning non-compete clauses
Business
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Frank Corder
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April 23, 2024
Downtown Jackson apartments under new management
Business
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Phil Hardwick
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April 19, 2024
Customer Inspired: C Spire President finds purpose in helping others fulfill theirs
Culture
Culture
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Courtney Ingle
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April 26, 2024
Discover Mississippi: Starkville Derby Dachshund Dash
Culture
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C.H. Spurgeon
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April 26, 2024
Bring your sorrows and sins
Culture
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Parrish Alford
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April 25, 2024
Spring football is enough to justify optimism in Starkville, Oxford
Opinion
Opinion
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Alfred McNair
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April 10, 2024
Projected job and salary growth report reinforces value of investment in Mississippi’s public universities
Opinion
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Sid Salter
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April 10, 2024
Mississippi’s prison system history is one that begs to break the recidivism cycle
Opinion
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Russ Latino
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April 9, 2024
Fixing PERS in 5 ‘not so easy’ steps
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