Senator Rod Hickman

NewDEAL Leaders AR Rep. @NicoleClowneyAR, MS @SenRodHickman, and IN Rep. @IndyBlakeJ share a roadmap to getting things done in a red state. TUNE IN for a conversation moderated by NewDEAL Forum CEO @debbiecoxbultan: youtube.com/live/rr_7FLi5w…

Obamacare Medicaid Expansion was on the ballot yesterday in Republican primaries across Mississippi. The @msdemocrats Party activists at MS Today - and their fundraising team at the MS Hospital Association - have for years lied and released fake polls claiming our primary voters are ok with it. But the way legislators vote matters and - as always - our voters are smarter than the politicians give them credit for. We state our policy preferences in contested primaries to name the person carrying our Republican banner as our nominees…and the conservative voting record almost always wins. Senator McLendon and Senator Johnson both voted NO on Obamacare expansion and they both won their primaries yesterday. Congratulations to both of them. Senator Parker and Senator Robinson both voted to expand Obamacare in MS and neither of them will be returning to the Senate. (Note: I do believe Senator Robinson would have voted to sustain a veto but she never got that chance.) And those votes were BEFORE President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill passed to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse - making Trump’s opposition to Obamacare Medicaid expansion clear - and making the prospect of expansion even more expensive and more risky for our taxpayers!! Republican primaries for all 8 statewide elected offices and ALL Senate and House members are less than 2 years away with qualifying only 17 months from now…. Who is excited to lead the charge into 2027 @MSGOP primaries carrying the banner for the pro-Obamacare expansion team?? I’m going to stick with Trump and - for the 17th year in a row - be against it!!

Column: It appears likely that the state will end the fiscal year on June 30 collecting less revenue than it did the previous year for only the sixth time since 1970. And new tax cuts and revenue hits are on the way. buff.ly/4ycowrH

Bulk of spending bills die. What’s next? #msleg Lawmakers run out the clock on spending bills as both White and Hosemann dig in. magnoliatribune.com/2025/03/31/bul…

Column: Six lawmakers were appointed to finalize a bill to ban DEI programs in Mississippi. All of them are white. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. buff.ly/9ivNRfc