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Gov. Tate Reeves, left, and University of Mississippi Medical Center chief Dr. LouAnn Woodward leave the press area of the Walter Sillers Building after the governor announced his plan for a series of Medicaid reimbursement reforms on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, in Jackson. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Gov. Reeves announces 11th hour plan for hospital crisis. Opponents pan it as ‘too little, too Tate’
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,09/22/23-3:51PM , 257 Reads 6,659 Statewide
After being criticized for months by his Democratic opponent for not having a plan to address Mississippi’s health care crisis, Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday unveiled what he called “sweeping Medicaid reimbursement reforms.”
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Likely new Speaker Jason White says Medicaid expansion ‘will be on table’
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Sat,09/09/23-4:51PM , 211 Reads 8,232 Statewide
Republican Rep. Jason White, heir apparent to the House speakership, said Medicaid expansion, long a bugaboo for the state GOP, will be on the table and at least thoroughly vetted as a solution to Mississippi’s health care crisis next year.
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Pender: Is Gov. Reeves trying to take credit for broadband expansion even as he blasts ‘Biden, Bennie and Brandon?’
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,08/29/23-3:51PM , 335 Reads 7,217 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Geoff Pender:

Gov. Tate Reeves grinned and high-fived a young student as he handed him a new laptop as the news cameras clicked and rolled last week at Bolton-Edwards Elementary/Middle School.
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Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards: Medicaid expansion ‘easiest big decision I ever made’
By GEOFF PENDER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,08/24/23-6:41PM , 256 Reads 5,720 Statewide
As the Mississippi hospital crisis worsens and 2023 gubernatorial candidates debate a proposed solution to it — Medicaid expansion — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards spoke with Mississippi Today about his successful push for expansion and what it’s done for his state since it went into effect.
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