Democratic lawmakers propose Medicaid expansion alternative
JACKSON — Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature are proposing a way to provide health coverage to about 300,000 people without expanding Medicaid. They say Mississippi should enact a plan similar to...
View ArticleEpps receives letter asking to leave work centers open
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — Faith-based groups and advocates led by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the ACLU are asking Mississippi prison officials to drop plans to close four community work centers....
View ArticleMDA says it will meet HUD’s requirement for jobs at port
GULFPORT — The Mississippi Development Authority intends for 51 percent of new jobs at the state port to be filled by low- to moderate-income residents. But the agency never said current jobs would...
View ArticleHood says governor cannot legally operate Medicaid
JACKSON — Mississippi’s governor does not have the legal authority to operate the Division of Medicaid by executive order, Attorney General Jim Hood said in a nonbinding legal opinion issued Wednesday....
View ArticleGovernor calls special session to keep Medicaid afloat
JACKSON — Gov. Phil Bryant said today that he’s calling lawmakers into special session at 10 a.m. Thursday to keep the state’s Medicaid program alive and funded once the new state fiscal year begins...
View ArticleHouse passes Medicaid reauthorization during day one of special session
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers appear to be on track to renew and fund Medicaid beyond this coming weekend, when the program is set to expire. In the opening day of a special session yesterday, the...
View ArticleLawmakers keep Medicaid alive — and go home
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers adjourned their two-day special session late Friday after passing bills to keep Medicaid alive and funded for the new fiscal year that starts Monday. Republicans hold...
View ArticleState gets federal funding for test costs of low-income students
JACKSON — The U.S. Department of Education will give Mississippi nearly $55,000 to help pay the costs of low-income high school students taking Advanced Placement and other exams that could help them...
View ArticleRedevelopment underway in Delta of low-income housing
YAZOO CITY — Construction has begun on the redevelopment of Magnolia Crossing, an 86-unit housing development of single-family homes and duplexes for low-income families in Yazoo City. The Federal Home...
View ArticleAdvocates of low-income residents decry failure to expand Medicaid
JACKSON — Groups supporting low-income Mississippi residents said yesterday that elected officials are ignoring 300,000 people and refusing billions of federal dollars by choosing not to expand...
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