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UMMC awarded $1 million to fight sky-high syphilis rates

The state’s largest public hospital will accept $1 million from the federal government this month to reduce Mississippi’s ... Read more

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Mississippi has more rural emergency hospitals than any other state. Can the ‘lifeline’ program save rural health care?

Mississippi has more rural emergency hospitals than any other state – and there could be two more on ... Read more

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Hosemann, White trade jabs, hint at gubernatorial aspirations at Neshoba Fair

NESHOBA COUNY FAIR — Republicans state Auditor Shad White and Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann threw a little political ... Read more

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‘We will be in court’: Monticello pushes back on Corps’ new Jackson proposal

MONTICELLO — Even with an adjusted proposal to tackle flood risk in Jackson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ... Read more

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Auditor White paying Boston firm $2 million to find waste in state government

Auditor Shad White is paying a Massachusetts-based consulting group $2 million in public money with a directive to ... Read more

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Walthall man among 4 to have voting rights restored by Senate

The state Senate on Wednesday agreed to restore voting rights to four people who have completed their prison ... Read more

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House committee chairman kills early voting bill without a vote

Mississippi will remain one of only three states that does not have in-person early voting after a House ... Read more

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Senate passes Medicaid expansion ‘lite’ with veto-proof majority

An austere version of Medicaid expansion, which for more than a decade has been blocked by legislative leaders, ... Read more

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Senate committee passes Medicaid ‘expansion’ bill that leaves hundreds of millions in federal dollars on table

The only surviving Medicaid expansion bill in the Legislature passed the Senate Medicaid Committee Wednesday and is headed ... Read more

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Voter initiative would be hard to use under bills moving in Mississippi Legislature

If Mississippians are allowed to vote to enact a new initiative process to allow citizens to bypass the ... Read more