Mississippi Medicaid claims $8.6M through audit
For fiscal year 2017, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) recovered in excess of $8.6 million through various audits of medical claims paid to health-care...
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2017 Sales Tax Holiday kicks off Friday
If you’ve been shopping for the kids’ school clothes, you may catch a break. A tax break, that is. The 9th Annual 2017 Sales Tax-Free...
Contraband found at Chickasaw County Regional
A small amount of contraband was recovered from the Chickasaw County Regional Correctional Facility in Houston Tuesday. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said this was...
Cochran gives thumbs up to legislation that could boost cotton
The Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a FY2018 agriculture funding measure that includes provisions added by U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) to assist cotton producers...
Mississippi fire departments to receive federal boost
U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has reported that four fire departments in Mississippi have been awarded nearly $700,000 in federal Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG)...
Mississippi landowners to receive incentives for being environmentally conscious
by Jared Bounds
If you own land in the state of Mississippi, you may want to sign up for this program, regardless of the amount of land you...
Greentech, Inc. to pay Mississippi $6.3 million
GreenTech Automotive Inc., located in Robinsonville will have to pay the state of Mississippi $6.3 million, according to the office of State Auditor Stacey Pickering....
Emmett Till marker vandalized
by Sarah Ulmer
The Emmett Till marker in Money, Mississippi has been vandalized for the second time in two months. ...
Bond Commission Action puts millions back in taxpayers pockets
by Sarah Ulmer
Treasurer Lynn Fitch said that steps taken by the Bond Commission will refund and restructure nearly $450 million in outstanding State bonds and save Mississippi...
Mississippi joins Target settlement over 2013 data breach
by Sarah Ulmer
Mississippi has joined 46 other states and the District of Columbia in an $18.5 million settlement with the Target Corporation in the 2013 data breach. ...