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Gov. Tate Reeves held his March 22, 2021, afternoon press conference regarding COVID-19 updates at Trustmark Park in Pearl. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Gov. Tate Reeves offers his own plan for spending $1.2 billion in federal funds
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,11/15/21-4:48PM , 1,518 Reads 22,479 Statewide
After Gov. Tate Reeves spent portions of a Monday news conference criticizing federal policies that he said are holding back the state, he still announced his proposal to spend $1.2 billion in federal funds in the budget plan he hopes the Legislature will consider during the upcoming 2022 session.
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Lawmakers will soon begin the every-10-year process of redrawing legislative districts to match shifts in the Mississippi population. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Legislators face ‘tough’ chore of spending up to $2 billion in surplus state funds
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,11/15/21-11:12AM , 1,244 Reads 16,205 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

Former House Speaker Tim Ford, a northeast Mississippi Democrat, used to say legislative sessions with large revenue surpluses were much more difficult than sessions where the state had revenue shortfalls.
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‘Nothing short of a miracle’: Quitman County Hospital reopens after closing five years ago
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,11/12/21-5:06PM , 668 Reads 13,709 Statewide
A ribbon-cutting was held Friday morning in the Delta town of Marks to celebrate the improbable re-opening of the Quitman Community Hospital.

Multiple rural Mississippi hospitals have closed in recent years because of financial difficulties. The Quitman County medical center is one of the few to reopen.
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State Capitol in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Mississippi could spend half billion more in 2022 budget
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,11/10/21-2:18PM , 609 Reads 18,148 Statewide
The 14-member Legislative Budget Committee, with Gov. Tate Reeves breaking tradition and not attending, adopted a revenue estimate Wednesday for the coming fiscal year of $6.49 billion — a $566 million increase over the projection used to develop the budget for the current fiscal year.
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