Ban On Care For Young Trans Mississippians Heads to Gov. Reeves Desk
Protesters gathered on Feb. 15, 2023, at the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to rally against House Bill 1125, which bans treatments for transgender minors in Mississippi.
MFP Contributor
Protesters gathered on Feb. 15, 2023, at the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to rally against House Bill 1125, which bans treatments for transgender minors in Mississippi.
Mississippi Department of Transportation Executive Director Brad White applauded Gov. Tate Reeves in a statement on the agency’s website on Feb. 16, 2023, for requesting $1.3 billion to fund transportation projects.
Attorney Malik Shabazz called for the prosecution of Rankin County deputies who he alleges stormed a house in Braxton, Miss., on Jan. 24, 2023, and executed a “90-minute long intimidation and torture session where excessive force was used gratuitously on the handcuffed men.”
Brookhaven, Miss., Police Chief Kenny Collins said in leaked audio recording made weeks after two white men allegedly chased and shot at Black FedEx driver D’Monterrio Gibson that he did not arrest the suspects initially because he was worried about the safety of his officers.
Mississippi Senate Bill 2343 would give Capitol Police jurisdiction “relative to the enforcement of all laws of the State of Mississippi within the boundaries of the City of Jackson, Mississippi.”
The Jackson City Council passed a resolution calling House Bill 1020 an “unconstitutional” effort that “would deprive the citizens of Jackson of their right to elect judges according to the Mississippi Constitution.”
A detainee who had been awaiting trial for 18 months died in the Hinds County Detention Center, officials revealed on Monday, Feb. 6.
Mississippi Free Press’ attorney Rob McDuff said in a May 2022 statement that the Mississippi Open Meetings Act requires that other meetings of legislators, like the Republican Caucus, be open to the public when they constitute a quorum and are discussing public business.”
As in past years, no Medicaid expansion bill survived the legislative deadline for lawmakers to pass one out of committee. Within 24 hours of Reeves’ address, multiple Medicaid-expansion bills died, including Democratic and Republican-sponsored bills that would have allowed residents to vote on the issue in a referendum.
Mississippi Journalism and Education Group is a a 501(c)(3) nonprofit media organization (EIN 85-1403937) for the state, devoted to going beyond partisanship and publishing solutions journalism for the Magnolia State and all of its people.
125 S. Congress Street #1324
Jackson, MS 39201
info@mississippifreepress.org
tips@mississippifreepress.org
events@mississippifreepress.org
601-362-6121