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Congress considers Medicaid expansion workaround to provide health care to poor Mississippians
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,09/21/21-3:30PM , 834 Reads 10,438 Statewide
Democrats in the U.S. Congress are considering a way to offer health care insurance for low income Mississippians who have been denied coverage because of the refusal of the state’s political leadership to expand Medicaid.
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Mississippi politicians don’t believe what they keep being told about Medicaid expansion
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,09/20/21-10:24AM , 651 Reads 12,544 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

Legendary baseball announcer Jack Buck once proclaimed, “I don’t believe what I just saw.”

Perhaps some Mississippi politicians opposed to Medicaid expansion should proclaim, “I don’t believe what I keep on hearing and reading from the experts.”
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Senate committee to study Mississippi’s low public school teacher pay
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,09/14/21-4:30PM , 791 Reads 11,306 Statewide
The Senate Education Committee will hear from experts about Mississippi’s teacher pay structure, which by most measures trails all Southern states and the rest of the nation.
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Safety precautions embraced by all after 9/11, unlike during COVID-19
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,09/13/21-1:30PM , 778 Reads 12,730 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

Before the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, Mississippians wanting to visit their state Capitol could come and go as they pleased through multiple entrances, facing no security checks or metal detectors.
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