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Mississippi faces $52 million Medicaid budget gap this year

JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — The top budget writer in the Mississippi House says the state’s Medicaid program needs another $52 million during the budget year that ends June 30. Appropriations Committee Chairman Herb Frierson also […]

Democrats push for pay raise for state employees in Mississippi budget wrangling

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JACKSON, Mississippi (AP) — Democrats say they’ll keep trying to give all Mississippi government employees at least a $1,000 pay raise in the coming year, even after several attempts were blocked Wednesday in the Republican-majority […]