Lawmakers Push Public-Education Funds For Private Schools With Governor’s Support
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves urged lawmakers to use public education funds for private schools during his State of the State Address.
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves urged lawmakers to use public education funds for private schools during his State of the State Address.
Mississippi lawmakers advanced bills to raise shoplifting fines, create an alert system for people with disabilities and reform prior authorizations.
Incarcerated people could sue jails and prisons if they encounter transgender inmates in restrooms or changing areas under a proposed bill.
The Republican-led Mississippi House held hearings to consider Medicaid expansion for the first time since it became an option over a decade ago.
Mississippi could lift the statute of limitations for sexual battery, reform death certificate laws and let hunters wear pink under Mississippi House bills.
A Medicaid expansion bill will arrive in the Mississippi Senate by Monday, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says.
Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature. Her portrait is now on display in the state Capitol.
A painting of two generals raising a Confederate flag remains memorialized in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda’s dome. A senator wants it removed.
Legalized sports betting, prior authorization reform and Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women were among the issues lawmakers tackled last week.
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