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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 22, 2021

Key MS House leader offers bill to restructure authority over Division of Medicaid

A new bill from the Mississippi House of Representatives, HB 1013 authored by House Ways and Means Chairman Trey Lamar (R) would establish a Medicaid Commission to oversee the Division of Medicaid currently operated under the instruction of the Governor’s office. The proposed Commission would be made up of seven members. Three would be appointed…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 21, 2021

CORDER: Media-hyped warnings of pro-Trump, right-wing Capitol protests turn out to be a nothingburger

On Wednesday, those who tuned into the Inauguration ceremonies at the U.S. Capitol saw the might of the U.S. military on full display.  Tall, barbed wire fences surrounded the Capitol Complex.  Snipers were visible on neighboring buildings.  Troops that had been camped inside the halls of Congress on the marble floors were staged in combat…