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May 22, 2020

OP-ED: Community Colleges – Leading the way out of this national crisis

By Dr. Andrea Mayfield, Tom Downs, Dawn Erlandson Community colleges in Mississippi and nationwide have responded quickly to the COVID-19 pandemic, making contributions to enhance capabilities of emergency responders and health care professionals.  Two-year public colleges have the unique capability to re-skill the workforce as Mississippi and the nation prepare to return to productivity after…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
May 22, 2020

Hyde-Smith teams up on bill to secure 20 percent set-aside for rural health providers during COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) has teamed up with U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to introduce bipartisan legislation to ensure sufficient COVID-19 assistance reaches rural health providers. The Save Our Rural Health Providers Act (S.3823) would require the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to set aside 20 percent of the…