Prior Authorization Reform, Sports Betting and More: #MSLeg Roundup
Legalized sports betting, prior authorization reform and Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women were among the issues lawmakers tackled last week.
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Legalized sports betting, prior authorization reform and Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women were among the issues lawmakers tackled last week.
Mississippi’s failing hospitals, underfunded schools and lost ballot initiative are among issues lawmakers could tackle in 2024.
Mississippi lawmakers approved $44 million in incentives training money and other state incentives to support a plan by Amazon Web Services to spend $10 billion to build two data processing centers in the central part of the state.
A $365 million package for a factory to manufacture electric vehicle batteries in Marshall County, Miss., earned broad, bipartisan approval.
A planned electric-truck battery plant could soon get $350 million in state taxpayer funds for a facility in Marshall County, Miss., after Gov. Tate Reeves called for a legislative special session on Thursday to tackle the project.
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is encouraging people to stay off the roads as freezing winter weather continues.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves issued a state of emergency declaration Sunday afternoon “in anticipation of winter weather expected to impact the state starting Sunday, January 14, 2024,” his office announced.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves borrowed from former President Barack Obama’s hopeful rhetoric during his second inaugural address.
Read a verbatim transcript of Mississippi’s Gov. Tate Reeves’ address at his second inauguration on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024.
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