Medicaid cuts deficit by $35 million
The Mississippi Division of Medicaid has announced a significant reduction in their budget deficit. Drew Snyder, Executive Director of the Division of Medicaid, took to...
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Featured Update: Medicaid bill heads to Governor’s desk
by Alex Paton
UPDATE: The House and Senate have finished their negotiations, and the bill has passed both chambers. It will now head the Governor’s desk to be signed. Original...
Featured Medicaid funding bill coming down to the wire
The deadline for the Medicaid appropriations bill and its counterpart tech bill are quickly approaching and the House and Senate remain apart during negotiations. The...
Featured Medicaid tech bill faces midnight deadline
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Legislature is looking to reauthorize the Medicaid tech bill, as well as, the Medicaid appropriations bill this session. With four different deadlines drawing...
Featured Cigarette tax may rise to $1.50
by Alex Paton
A pack of cigarettes in a Mississippi gas station costs around $5.00, but legislators are looking at a bill that would increase the taxes on cigarettes...
Featured Mississippi legislature: bills dead and alive
by Alex Paton
Tuesday was the final day for House and Senate committees to pass general bills that originated in and already passed out of their opposite chamber....
Featured Legislature looks to reauthorize medicaid tech bill
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Legislature is looking to reauthorize the Medicaid tech bill during the 2018 legislative session. “We sat down together and we said that we...
Featured Governor Bryant outlines 2019 fiscal year budget
In November 2017, the official budget recommendation was made for the 2019 fiscal year, and now it faces a review during the legislative session which...
Featured Gov. talks legislative session, 2017 year in review
by Alex Paton
The 2018 legislative session kicked off today at noon and many are curious to see what will get done in the next three months time....
Featured Poll: 53% of Mississippians oppose transfer of Medicaid eligibility determination
by Alex Paton
The 2018 legislative session is right around the corner and proposed changes to the state Medicaid program in Mississippi have already emerged as a focal...