Arizona Legislature ends Brewer's special session
PHOENIX The Arizona Legislature has voted to end a special session ordered by Gov. Jan Brewer after passing an $8.8 billion budget that...
View ArticleBrewer demands state lawmakers finish budget
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is demanding that lawmakers return to work and finish the state budget. Brewer used her...
View ArticleAriz. lawmakers in special session called by Brewer to pull all-nighter on...
PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature is on track to pull an all-nighter and work into Thursday to finish a state budget and approve Medicaid expansion despite outrage from conservative Republicans who...
View ArticleDems urge Snyder to call special session for Medicaid expansion
Chad Livengood Detroit News Lansing Bureau Comments Lansing A day after Senate Republicans shelved Gov. Rick Snyders Medicaid expansion bill, Democrats called on the governor to convene a special...
View ArticlePERRY CALLS SPECIAL SESSION TO PASS ABORTION BILL
AUSTIN, Texas After a one-woman filibuster and a raucous crowd helped derail a GOP-led effort to restrict Texas abortions, Gov. Rick Perry announced Wednesday he’s calling back lawmakers next week to...
View ArticleMiss. Medicaid debate continues Friday as House passes reauthorization
A special session of the Mississippi Legislature called by Gov. Phil Bryant to try to prevent the Medicaid program from "expiring" Sunday quickly brought emotional, sometimes tearful, testimony and...
View ArticleMiss. Medicaid debate continues Friday as House passes reuthorization
A special session of the Mississippi Legislature called by Gov. Phil Bryant to try to prevent the Medicaid program from "expiring" Sunday quickly brought emotional, sometimes tearful, testimony and...
View ArticleMississippi House passes Medicaid reauthorization bill (12:54 p.m. update)
A special session of the Mississippi Legislature called by Gov. Phil Bryant to try to prevent the Medicaid program from "expiring" Sunday quickly brought emotional, sometimes tearful, testimony and...
View ArticleLawmakers return to Capitol for Medicaid session tomorrow (updated)
Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol at 10 a.m. Thursday for a special session designed to keep Medicaid alive and funded. Much is at stake: Medicaid is a government health insurance program for...
View ArticleMississippi lawmakers start Medicaid special session
Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday started a special session designed to keep Medicaid alive and funded...
View ArticleMiss. House votes to renew Medicaid program
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to keep Medicaid alive beyond this coming weekend, when the program has been set to expire. However, the House is holding on to...
View ArticleHouse finishes work, adjourns special session
The House closed out its 30-day special session just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday while a Senate filibuster on an abortion bill continued on the other side of the...
View ArticleMiss. Senate sends 2 Medicaid bills to governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Medicaid bills are on their way to Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant. Neither would expand the...
View ArticleMiss. lawmakers kick off Medicaid special session
Mississippi lawmakers returned to the Capitol on...
View ArticleMiss. House votes to renew Medicaid, set budget
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers appear to be on track to renew and fund Medicaid beyond this coming weekend, when the program is set to expire. In the opening day of a special session...
View ArticleMississippi lawmakers start Medicaid special session (12:54 p.m. update)
A special session of the Mississippi Legislature called by Gov. Phil Bryant to try to prevent the Medicaid program from "expiring" Sunday quickly brought emotional, sometimes tearful, testimony and...
View ArticleBryant: Medicaid special session starts Thursday
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is calling lawmakers into special session at 10 a.m. Thursday and asking them to do in less than four days what they didn't do in three months. He...
View ArticleMiss. lawmakers start Medicaid session Thursday
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers return to the Capitol at 10 a.m. Thursday for a special session designed to keep...
View ArticleMiss. lawmakers start Medicaid special session
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers on Thursday started a special session designed to keep Medicaid alive and funded beyond this weekend. Much is at stake: Medicaid is a government health...
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