Haggling Over Competing Medicaid Expansion Plans Jeopardizes Effort as Session Nears End
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage.
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Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage.
Jackson’s Eudora Welty Library will be demolished to make way for a new green space near two history museums in Mississippi’s capital city.
Civil rights advocates say Mississippi needs to simplify the process of restoring voting rights to people convicted of some felonies.
After a Lexington police officer ran over a Black teen, city officials say no dashcam or body cam footage of Kadarius Smith’s death exists.
A measure to restrict transgender people’s use of bathrooms and locker rooms earned approval in the Republican-dominated Mississippi House.
Ron Eller won a Republican primary runoff in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District and will face Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson on Nov. 5.
A Mississippi House leader says he won’t move forward with a bill to allow a casino in the capital city of Jackson.
An ex-police officer pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge after authorities say he forced a Latino man to lick his own urine off the floor.
Mississippians are voting today in party primaries for four seats in the U.S. House and one in the U.S. Senate.
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