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Opinion  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
January 23, 2020

Mississippi House of Representatives announces committee assignments

The Mississippi House of Representatives has announced a comprehensive list of committee assignments for the next term. At first glance, it seemed less changes were made to committee chairmanships in this chamber than the Senate. This could be due to no change being made in Speaker of the House, Philip Gunn. A few committees were…
Opinion  |  Frank Corder  • 
January 22, 2020

SCOTUS slow playing Obamacare decision throws Medicaid expansion in MS in further peril

The U.S. Supreme Court will likely not take up the appeal of the 5th U.S. District Court of Appeals ruling that struck down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate in December 2019, at least not before the 2020 election. Democrats in Mississippi took to social media unhappy with the SCOTUS decision.  The Mississippi Democratic Party…