by Steve Wilson | Mar 26, 2020 | Spending & Taxes
A $2 trillion stimulus bill to deal with the coronavirus pandemic passed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday has some components that might help some Mississippians. The CARE (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security) Act authorizes direct payments to taxpayers, a...
by Steve Wilson | Mar 25, 2020 | Free Market
The Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure has amended a telemedicine proclamation and is limiting access to out-of-state physicians for the service. The Board issued an amended proclamation Tuesday that limited telemedicine for out-of-state physicians not...
by Steve Wilson | Mar 23, 2020 | Spending & Taxes
The Mississippi Department of Revenue announced today that it will push back its tax filing deadline in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The new deadline is May 15, a month after the traditional April 15 deadline and two months before the new federal deadline of...
by Steve Wilson | Mar 23, 2020 | Free Market
The overarching plan used by the state Department of Health to allocate health care resources under the state’s certificate of need program has a goal to reduce surplus, unused bed capacity at hospitals statewide. Yet as the coronavirus pandemic spreads, the number of...
by Steve Wilson | Mar 21, 2020 | Good Government
An analysis of coronavirus cases nationwide shows that rural states with much smaller population densities and less international travel also have much fewer cases of the virus at this time. According to federal data, New York has the highest number of...
