Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves not hurt in 2-vehicle accident in Collins
December 16, 2014adminNewsComments Off on Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves not hurt in 2-vehicle accident in Collins
COLLINS, Mississippi (AP) — Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and his security officer were not injured Monday in a two-vehicle accident in Collins.
The Highway Patrol says Reeves and his security detail were driving a Patrol F150 pickup truck when it collided with a car about 1:45 p.m. on U.S. Highway 49 in Collins.
The patrol says two people in the car were transported to a local hospital for minor, nonlife threatening injuries.
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant said Monday 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 July 1.
The Republican is not asking lawmakers to expand Medicaid, which is an option under the federal health care law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010.
Many Democrats have been pushing to expand Medicaid or to allow low-income working people to use federal subsidies to buy insurance on the private market.
However, Republican leaders say the state can’t afford to add another 300,000 people to Medicaid, and they don’t want to increase people’s dependence on government programs. […]
BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) – A Bay St. Louis city council member has undergone surgery to alleviate bleeding in her head after witnesses say she was struck by a car outside a church where […]
May 18, 2014adminNewsComments Off on 8 people injured, 2 critically, as SUV flips on I-10 near Diamondhead
DIAMONDHEAD, Mississippi (AP) — Authorities in Diamondhead say eight people were injured, two critically, when a sport utility vehicle flipped over on Interstate 10. A Ford Excursion flipped several times and landed on its roof […]