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August 16, 2012

Bill Minor – Corporate socialism

Corporate socialism Corporate socialism is how Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley describes Mississippi Power Company’s $2.8 billion lignite-fueled electric power plant now under construction in Kemper County. You’d be hard-pressed to challenge his characterization, given that MPC’s lignite venture is the first power plant ever built with consumers, rather than the company, paying…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 16, 2012

Palazzo opposes expansion of Miss. Medicaid

Palazzo opposes expansion of Miss. Medicaid South Mississippi’s Republican congressman, Steven Palazzo, says Mississippi should not expand Medicaid to cover more people under the federal health care overhaul. Speaking to constituents Tuesday at luncheon in Hattiesburg, Palazzo said he agrees with Republican Gov. Phil Bryant that the state can’t afford to expand Medicaid, even with…