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• Central Miss. Senators Vote on Senate Medicaid Expansion Bill

  28-03-2024 23:27 via breezynews.com
  
  JACKSON, Miss.–The Medicaid expansion bill that passed out of the state Senate Medicaid Committee Wednesday, was approved by the full Senate Thursday afternoon after over an hour of debate. Senators Lydia Chassaniol and Jenifer Branning, both Republicans, both voted against the bill and were two […]
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• Storms, Flooding Possible Locally on Monday

  28-04-2024 18:55 via breezynews.com
  
  A storm system which could produce damaging winds, a possible tornado and heavy rain will move into western Mississippi late Sunday and push across the state during the day Monday.  Most of the local area has been placed under a Level-1 “marginal” risk of isolated […]
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• Police Chase Man (and Catch Him) on the Square During Festival

  28-04-2024 16:58 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–A police officer chased a man through and off the square about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, while the Natchez Trace Festival was still in progress. The chase started on the square and ended when the officer was able to catch the man at Madison and […]
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• Ambulances Called Twice to the Square During Festival

  28-04-2024 16:02 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–An ambulance was called to the Kosciusko square during the Natchez Trace Festival Saturday morning for a call about an unconscious person in front of Super 10. Police had to come up with a plan to route the ambulance through festival traffic and the […]
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• Slow Theft Reported on Car at Wendy’s

  28-04-2024 15:24 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–The manager at Wendy’s in Kosciusko reported something unusual to police Friday afternoon. A car had been parked in the parking lot since last Sunday. The manager said it seemed like a different part had been taken off the car every day. Once police […]
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• Several Traffic Issues Reported As Family Night Ends

  28-04-2024 15:24 via breezynews.com
  
  KOSCIUSKO, Miss.–Several traffic issues were reported near and around downtown Kosciusko around and just after the end of family night activities Friday. Some may have been unrelated to the event itself. Police handled some traffic issues around Jefferson St. One issue was that several cars […]
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• Marshall Ramsey: Guarding the Nest Egg

  28-04-2024 13:25 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Rare open negotiations occur on important Medicaid expansion issue

  28-04-2024 13:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  The curtain was pulled back last week for the first time in years on the Mississippi Legislature’s often mysterious conferencing process.A conference committee consists of three representatives and three senators appointed to try to reach agreement when the two chambers pass differing versions of the same bill. Last week, a conference committee formed to try to reach agreement on Medicaid expansion caused a stir by meeting in a public setting.Even though the joint rules of the Mississippi
  
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• Lady Whippets Win Advance in State Playoffs Defeat Pontotoc 6-3

  28-04-2024 04:05 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Lady Whippets softball team played game two in a best of three series against the Lady Vikings from North Pontotoc tonight in Kosciusko and defeated the Vikings 6-3 after winning game one of the series in Pontotoc last night 8-0 to advance to […]
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• Whippets Drops Second Game, Forces Game Three in Playoff Series

  28-04-2024 03:32 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets baseball team traveled to Union County Saturday afternoon to play the New Albany Bulldogs in the second game of the second round of the Region 3-4A playoffs.  The Whippets defeated the Bulldogs Friday night in the first game of this series. In […]
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• VIDEO STREAM – Kosciusko vs New Albany Baseball (Game 2)

  28-04-2024 00:43 via breezynews.com
  
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• Legislation to strip key power of PERS Board passes both chambers

  27-04-2024 22:39 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Legislation that strips significant power from the board that governs the state’s public employee pension program has passed both chambers of the Legislature.Under the legislation set to go to Gov. Tate Reeves during the final days of the 2024 session, the Public Employees Retirement System Board would no longer have the authority to increase the contribution rate levied on governments (both on the state and local level) to help pay for the massive retirement system.The legislation, which
  
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• A solution to the Republican impasse on Medicaid expansion

  27-04-2024 22:21 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Kathleen O’Beirne knocked loudly on Sen. Kevin Blackwell’s office door in the basement of the Mississippi State Capitol on Saturday morning.O’Beirne, a Ridgeland resident and mother of two boys, has been closely tracking the back-and-forth debate on Medicaid expansion, which Blackwell, as chairman of the Senate Medicaid Committee, is leading for the Senate. She and a group of other concerned citizens simply wanted a word with the Republican leader.But there was no answer at th
  
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• Lawmakers send MAEP education funding formula rewrite to governor

  27-04-2024 20:25 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A new school funding formula has been approved by the Legislature that, like the long-standing Mississippi Adequate Education Program, will rely on an objective mechanism to determine how much state funding is needed to operate schools.The push to replace MAEP has been one of most contentious issues facing legislators in the final days of the 2024 session. There have been efforts for years to replace the formula by those who say the state could not afford it.On Saturday the 52-member Senate wit
  
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• DUIs and Domestic Violence in Attala and Leake

  27-04-2024 19:31 via breezynews.com
  
  SHAUN C BEEMON, 25, of Lena, Domestic Violence – Aggravated Assault X 2, Hold – Detainer for MDOC, LCSO.  Bond $10,000 X 2, N/A.   ALBERT COATS, 30, of Union, DUI – 1st, DUI – Child Endangerment, Possession of Marijuana, Hold for Other County, MHP.  […]
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• VIDEO REPLAY – New Albany vs Kosciusko Baseball Series

  27-04-2024 16:02 via breezynews.com
  
  Game 1 
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• Marshall Ramsey: Getting Ready

  27-04-2024 14:03 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Whippets Score Big Win in Baseball Playoffs Second Round

  27-04-2024 05:01 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Whippets hosted the New Albany Bulldogs Monday evening in the first game of the second round of playoffs. After a slow start of three runs in four innings, the two teams put a total of fifteen runs on the board in the fifth […]
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• Lady Whippets Win 8-0 Over Pontotoc Lady Vikings

  27-04-2024 04:21 via breezynews.com
  
  The Kosciusko Lady Whippets traveled to North Pontotoc to play the Lady Vikings in the first game of the best of three series in round two of the 4A State playoffs and came away winners, 8-0. The Lady Whippets opened the game with 4 runs […]
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• VIDEO STREAM – New Albany vs Kosciusko Baseball (Game 1)

  27-04-2024 01:36 via breezynews.com
  
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• Blackwell: Senate won’t budge on Medicaid work requirement

  27-04-2024 00:20 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Senate Medicaid Chairman Kevin Blackwell on Friday afternoon said the Senate will hold firm on asking House leaders to agree on a final Medicaid expansion plan that requires recipients to prove they are working at least 30 hours a week.That’s a stance likely to delay or kill Mississippi’s efforts to provide health coverage to about 200,000 people, as the federal government has refused to approve such work requirements for Medicaid expansion.“We’re pretty solid on that,&r
  
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• KSD host the Excellence in Education Gala

  26-04-2024 22:08 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko School District and Kosciusko Foundation for Excellence in Education hosted a gala Thursday night honoring the Class of 2024 Honor Graduates and the 2024 Career Pathways Junior Externs.  The students were served a formal meal as Certified Public Speaker, Mandi Stanley, taught them table […]
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• Yates returns to KHS as Big Red Band Director

  26-04-2024 21:40 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko Native, Jesse Yates, has been named Big Red Band Director.  Mr. Yates served as the Big Red Drum Major for three years during his time at Kosciusko High School. He continued his educational journey at Mississippi State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree. […]
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• Kosciusko’s Anna Grace Whitehead nominated for Mississippi Softball Player of the Year

  26-04-2024 19:54 via breezynews.com
  
  Kosciusko softball’s Anna Grace Whitehead has been nominated for “Mississippi Softball Player of the Year” by the The Clarion-Ledger. Whitehead is one of 12 players nominated for the honor. The posting for Whippets’ senior pitcher reads “Whitehead is hitting .500 at the plate with 26 […]
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• House, Senate close in on Medicaid expansion agreement

  26-04-2024 18:40 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Senate leaders have agreed to expand Medicaid coverage to people earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level or about $20,000 annually as is allowed under federal law.The movement by Senate leaders to cover those earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level is a major step in finally reaching agreement to adopt a Medicaid expansion program as 40 other states have done to cover primarily the working poor.The House passed a bill earlier this session to cover those earning up to 138% of the
  
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• Experts dispel fears that Medicaid expansion is too costly for Mississippi

  26-04-2024 17:58 via mississippitoday.org
  
  National studies and experts in Medicaid expansion states refute concerns voiced in Mississippi’s legislative conference committee that costs to the state would exceed projections.Among those dispelling that fear are experts and a former governor in Kentucky – one state Mississippi conferee and Senate Medicaid Chairman Kevin Blackwell referred to as an example of where expansion has been expensive.One study in the National Bureau of Economic Research that analyzed state budget data
  
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• Marshall Ramsey: Nearing the Finish

  26-04-2024 17:55 via mississippitoday.org
  
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• Mississippi company listed among the ‘Dirty Dozen’

  26-04-2024 17:00 via mississippitoday.org
  
  A chicken processing company and a staffing agency that allowed a teenager to clean machines at a Hattiesburg plant, leading to his death, have landed on a national list of unsafe and reckless employers. The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health assembled its “Dirty Dozen” list compiled through nominations and released its report Thursday during Workers’ Memorial Week. “These are unsafe and reckless employers, risking the lives of workers and comm
  
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• Isabelle Taft named as Livingston Award finalist

  26-04-2024 16:45 via mississippitoday.org
  
  Former Mississippi Today reporter Isabelle Taft has been named as a 2024 Livingston Award finalist in the local reporting division for her investigation into Mississippi’s practice of jailing people who have not been charged with a crime and are in need of mental health treatment.The award recognizes the best reporting by young journalists.Isabelle Taft is a reporter and member of the Community Health Team at Mississippi Today, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022.
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• Happening today: Blood Drive at Angel McDonald State Farm

  26-04-2024 14:54 via breezynews.com
  
  Mississippi Blood Services and Angel Albin MacDonald State Farm in Kosciusko will host a blood drive Friday, April. 26. Hours for the blood drive are 11:00 am – 4:00 pm. Donors will be given a free $10 VISA card. Angel Albin State Farm is located […]
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