Reeves draws a hard line on ‘Obamacare’ despite GOP colleagues warming to Medicaid expansion
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As a majority of Mississippians now favor expansion, lieutenant governor says it’s not in taxpayers’ best interest
Government
Reeves: Teacher pay raise, pension funding among 2019 priorities
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With state revenue collections the first six months of the current fiscal year up 3.3 percent, lieutenant governor anticipates level agency spending and funding for other “specific needs.”
Politics
Lynn Fitch, state treasurer, officially declares attorney general bid
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A Republican lawmaker from Brandon is also competing for the post
Government
Gray Tollison, called ‘a senator’s senator,’ chosen to replace Terry Burton as pro tem
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Tollison, who is not running for re-election this year, will continue his tenure as Education Committee chair.
‘I will subpoena if I’m forced’: Rep. Thompson, in new power broker role, takes aim at Trump border policy
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The new House Homeland Security Committee chairman tells Mississippi Today the president is lying to the American people and using furloughed federal workers as political pawns
Government
Wicker to oversee internet privacy, broadband, NASA and interstate trade as new Commerce chairman
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Senator says there is bipartisan support for a nationwide internet privacy policy
Election
Hosemann announces bid for lieutenant governor – ‘where I can make the most difference’
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The three-term Republican secretary of state and Democratic State Rep. Jay Hughes are the only announced candidates
‘Bad as I’ve ever seen’: Trent Lott blasts congressional leaders over Trump border wall impasse
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A former Republican U.S. Senate leader from Mississippi offers a strategy for ending the partial government shutdown
Burton, Snowden DUI saga: One top leader resigns post as another’s future is snarled in uncertainty
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A major leadership shakeup dominated the first day of the 2019 legislative session — and more could be on the way
Election
Analysis: Reeves’ praise of state’s financial and fiscal health will be a campaign mantra
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How the state’s fiscal condition stacks up against significant budget cuts in recent years expected to play out in statewide races this year.
Election 2019
Reeves launches 2019 governor bid, vows to fight ‘liberal ideas’ of Hood’s Democratic Party
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Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves plans to tout education and economic gain under Republican leadership
Politics
Powerful seats of top legislative leaders in question following separate DUI arrests
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Senate President Pro Tempore Terry Burton, R-Newton, was charged Wednesday night in Starkville. House Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden, R-Meridian, pleaded no contest last month
Gov. Bryant quietly in talks about a Medicaid expansion plan for Mississippi
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The office of the Republican governor, who has been publicly critical of the Affordable Care Act, downplayed his role in pursuing an expansion, saying the state’s powerful hospital lobby is spearheading the push.
Government
Court of Appeals Judge Griffis to replace Waller on state’s high court
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State Rep. Cory Wilson, R-Madison, to fill Griffis’ seat on the Court of Appeals.
Election 2019
Sen. Clarke, powerful money committee chairman, announces state treasurer bid
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The longtime lawmaker and accountant says the post fits his skill set