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May 13, 2013

Geoff Pender: Dept. of Revenue’s plan worked, so why drop it?

Geoff Pender: Dept. of Revenue’s plan worked, so why drop it? State Revenue Commissioner Ed Morgan has a heckuva deal for taxpayers: give him $1, and he’ll turn it into $8, $10, or maybe even $16. Lawmakers last year took him up on his offer. They gave him the $3.5 million extra he requested to…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 13, 2013

AP – Gov. Phil Bryant’s Medicaid remarks change tone

AP – Gov. Phil Bryant’s Medicaid remarks change tone Sometimes, someone veers from the script. That seemed to be the case last week when Gov. Phil Bryant said he would try to run Medicaid even if the Legislature failed to pass bills reauthorizing or funding the program. Beyond the cloudy legality of the Republican’s claim,…