2-percent bill awaits governor’s signature
A long-debated 2-percent restaurant sales tax is a stroke of a pen away from returning to Columbus.
Other Editors: Solid panel looking at prison contracts
As we previously have noted, Gov. Phil Bryant should have known more about Chris Epps before reappointing him prison commissioner in 2012.
Miss. sheriffs stand to see pay increase in July
A state bill that would give pay raises to county sheriffs statewide is waiting for Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant’s signature.
Slimantics: Demonizing the poor not a solution to state’s problems
It is a simple question, and Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, got it wrong.
Does the U.S. Constitution protect the rights of all citizens? Or do people who receive federal or state assistance forfeit those rights? Are they lesser citizens because of their need for help?
Gov. Bryant pushing welfare drug testing
Republican Phil Bryant is starting his third year as Mississippi governor, and he says he wants to make public safety the top focus of the 2014 legislative session, which begins at noon Tuesday. He wants to train more state troopers and create “strike force” groups to help local law enforcement officers in areas where mayors or county supervisors say there are problems with gangs, drugs or violent crime.
Chaney: No big impact from canceled policies
JACKSON — Mississippi consumers should not see a big impact from President Barack Obama’s reversal on a key part of the federal health law, state
Judge blocks Gov. Bryant in insurance dispute
A federal judge Monday blocked Gov. Phil Bryant from compelling Mississippi’s largest health insurer to resume paying its in-network rate to a chain of 10 hospitals.
U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate read a temporary restraining order from the bench saying Bryant didn’t provide enough proof to justify an executive order he issued last week.
Teacher group seeks blanket raise, Bryant opposed
BILOXI — The Mississippi Association of Educators is pushing for a blanket pay raise for the state’s public school teachers, but Gov. Phil Bryant is
Miss. to set up business health insurance market
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney plans to move ahead with a health insurance exchange for small businesses after federal officials approved regulations to allow the move.
The Department of Health and Human Services had proposed a rule that would have barred states that didn’t run an individual marketplace from setting up a separate exchange for businesses with fewer than 50 employees.
Bryant confident open-carry law will take effect
Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday he’s confident Mississippi’s open-carry gun law will eventually take effect, even if a dispute about it goes all the way to the state Supreme Court.
Big Medicaid gap looms in Obama health care law
Nearly 2 in 3 uninsured low-income people who would qualify for subsidized coverage under President Barack Obama’s health care law may be out of luck next year because their states have not expanded Medicaid.
Miss. House votes to renew Medicaid, set budget
JACKSON — Mississippi lawmakers appear to be on track to renew and fund Medicaid beyond this coming weekend, when the program is set to expire.
AG says Bryant can’t run Medicaid
JACKSON — Mississippi’s governor does not have the legal authority to operate the Division of Medicaid by executive order, Attorney General Jim Hood said in
Miss. trade mission to Brazil scheduled
JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant will lead a trade delegation to São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil from Sept. 9-13. Mississippi Development
Miss. Dems back letting poor buy private insurance
Democrats in the Mississippi Legislature said Wednesday they’ve come up with a way to provide health coverage to about 300,000 people without expanding Medicaid.
Chaney fears some won’t get insurance
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says he fears some people won’t be able to get health insurance when enrollment under the federal law opens in October.
Victory! Clay County finally gets a break
Through the collaboration of a local development alliance, Mississippi legislators and a global tire manufacturer, Clay County has finally gotten a long overdue financial break.
Legislators to vote on $1.2 billion West Point project
State legislators will vote today on an incentive package that is expected to bring a $1.2 billion tire manufacturing plant to West Point and create 2,000 jobs by the time the multi-phase project is complete.
Special session stirs hopes in West Point
Specifics on an incentive package designed to bring an automotive parts manufacturing plant to Mississippi remains under wraps, but a time and date for state leaders to meet and discuss the project was made public Wednesday after governor Phil Bryant called for a special session.
In West Point, a glimmer of hope: Prospects of a major employer coming to town creates mood of cautious optimism
Slowly, the land is reclaiming what once was a proud, family-owned industry in West Point. What the weeds and ant hills have not taken, the wrecking ball and Mother Nature will eventually destroy.