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The upcoming session of the Tennessee General Assembly begins in just 15 days. Between now and then there will likely be a whole bunch of nothing news wise, except for the TNDP Chair election which is about as exciting as watching socks dry in the rain (no offense guys, but seriously). Considering the huge...
Well, they use it too. West Tennessee as a whole uses it as does Arkansas. Mississippi officials have given final approval of a plan to allow The Regional Medical Center at Memphis to participate in that state’s Medicaid program, according a press release issued by The MED. The MED’s participation in the Medicaid Upper...
A couple of things I need to get off my ample chest this morning. First of all, damn you Steve Ross! DAMN YOU! I dreamed last night about Doug Henning forever. He was like on some odd magical loop in my brain and it wouldn’t stop. I saw Doug Henning open for Bill Cosby...
The burden does get heavy. After almost twenty years with a child who doesn’t fit the mold and that same amount of time spent advocating, I get tired. It is exhausting to constantly explain to those who don’t want to understand. It makes your bones hurt to have obstacles and insults hurled at you...
On this day, in 1995 the Mississippi House of representatives FINALLY ratified the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery (though it should be noted that the state never notified the US Archivist, so the ratification is not official). The Amendment to the Constitution had actually been ratified by the rest of the nation some 130...
The Huffington Post reports on an AP story about a High School prom in Mississippi that ain’t gonna happen… The Itawamba County school district’s policy requires that senior prom dates be of the opposite sex. The American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi had given the district until Wednesday to change that policy and allow...
The Commercial Appeal reports on a visit from First Lady Michelle Obama: “Our children are not eating properly. We have a lot of parents who don’t know how to serve nutritious meals. If we could teach them to let McDonald’s go, it would have a big impact,” said White, who is president of the...