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Senate Judiciary B Committee Chairman Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, explains the various sections of a bill in the Senate Chamber, as lawmakers consider bills on their calendar, Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi weighs easing restrictions on public hospitals
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Fri,02/03/23-1:47PM , 328 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate voted Friday to ease some restrictions on community-owned hospitals by letting them consolidate or collaborate with health care facilities outside their current service areas.
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Mississippi House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar, R-Senatobia, speaks in the Mississippi House chamber in Jackson, Miss., Nov. 2, 2022. During a debate on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, Lamar argued for a bill that would further restrict the way the city of Jackson spends money from a 1% local tax. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi House seeks to control Jackson sales tax revenue
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Thu,02/02/23-4:32PM , 797 Reads
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CORRECTS ELECTION YEAR TO 1985, NOT 1984 - State Rep. Alyce Clarke, D-Jackson, speaks to reporters about her tenure in the Mississippi Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in Jackson, Miss.. Clarke, who was first elected to the House in 1985, announced Tuesday that she will not seek reelection. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi's 1st Black woman legislator won't seek new term
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Tue,01/31/23-7:15PM , 354 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature said Tuesday that she will not seek another term, 38 years after she first took office.
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Republican Gov. Tate Reeves outlines his priorities during his State of the State address before a joint session of the Mississippi Legislature on the steps of the State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Monday, Jan. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Reeves: Mississippi primed for 'challenges of tomorrow'
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Mon,01/30/23-6:11PM , 334 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is seeing higher wages, an increase in the high school graduation rate and an “economic boom” that has led to a $4 billion surplus in the state budget, Republican Gov. Tate Reeves said Monday in his State of the State speech.
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