‘Full Expansion Now’: Advocates Rally At Mississippi Capitol For Medicaid Expansion
Advocates for Medicaid expansion rallied at the Mississippi Capitol Building in Jackson, Miss., this week as the Legislature began negotiations.
Advocates for Medicaid expansion rallied at the Mississippi Capitol Building in Jackson, Miss., this week as the Legislature began negotiations.
Pascagoula Police Lt. Darren Versiga said he began pushing for a new law to regulate how officials handle bodies after digging into cold cases.
Though efforts to close or merge some universities failed, lawmakers could still consider closing some universities under another study proposal.
Mississippi lawmakers advanced bills to raise shoplifting fines, create an alert system for people with disabilities and reform prior authorizations.
Legalized sports betting, prior authorization reform and Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women were among the issues lawmakers tackled last week.
Efforts for Mississippi to revive the ballot initiative system in Mississippi will now fall to Sen. David Parker, a new Senate committee chairman.
Jackson residents who commit local misdemeanor offenses could soon appear before an unelected, Mississippi Supreme Court-appointed municipal judge from any part of the State after the Mississippi Legislature sent the final version of House Bill 1020 to Gov. Tate Reeves’ desk. If signed, the bill would take some authority away from elected judges and prosecutors over the 83% Black city’s capitol district.
Advocates say that House Bill 485, which is currently making its way through the Mississippi Legislature, could remedy the problem of long-unprocessed rape kits.
Controversial legislation to establish a new court system in Hinds County with unelected judges and prosecutors in an expanded Capitol Complex Improvement District has now morphed into an effort to expand the jurisdiction of the State-run Capitol Police over the entire capital city.
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