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Bryant Budget Steadfast in Health Care OppositionSen. Hillman Frazier said the state would miss out on millions of dollars in economic activity if it declines to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care reform law.
Innovate Mississippi, New Businesses and Safe Shopping TipsTony Jeff, president of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, announced at the company's 13th Annual Conference Nov. 14 that the organization has changed its name to Innovate Mississippi.
Dr. Lawrence T. Potter, Jr.Jackson State University recently hired native Jacksonian Dr. Lawrence T. Potter Jr. as dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
New Push for HIV TestingTask force proposes making testing for the AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks.
Miss. Lawmakers Won't Have to Run in 2013Three federal judges say they won't redraw Mississippi's legislative districts or order the state to hold a new round of elections in 2013.
Rep. Kevin McGee Resigns Mississippi House Seat Over Ethics CaseA Mississippi House member has agreed to resign and pay a $10,000 fine to resolve an ethics case the state brought against him over public contracts that went to his family's printing company.
Finger Scanners: 'A Child-Care Beef Plant'?Angry and disappointed—that's how child-care center operator Petra Kay described how she feels about the way a state agency has handled implementation of a new tracking system for children of low-income families.
Sen. Hillman Frazier said the state would miss out on millions of dollars in economic activity if it declines to expand Medicaid under the federal health-care reform law.
Nowhere in the U.S. has the inequality gap grown larger than in Mississippi.
Jayne Jackson calls herself a community organizer: She brings people together with the help of food, wine, and—most recently—radio.
Ward 3's Larita Cooper-Stokes has been trying to reinstitute a city curfew for young people.
Tony Jeff, president of the Mississippi Technology Alliance, announced at the company's 13th Annual Conference Nov. 14 that the organization has changed its name to Innovate Mississippi.
Angry and disappointed—that's how child-care center operator Petra Kay described how she feels about the way a state agency has handled implementation of a new tracking system for children of low-income families.