Earlier Medicaid For Pregnant Mississippians Advances in House
Mississippi could start providing Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in a bid to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.
Mississippi could start providing Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in a bid to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.
Online sports betting could become legal in Mississippi after a bill advanced in the Legislature as consumer demand fuels a black market.
Mississippi’s failing hospitals, underfunded schools and lost ballot initiative are among issues lawmakers could tackle in 2024.
While Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann urged senators to prioritize funding public education, House Speaker Jason White urged expanding “school choice.”
Mississippians would not have the right to change the state’s abortion laws or right-to-work laws in a proposed effort to restore ballot initiatives.
Mississippi reporters could soon have less direct access to the Legislature’s deliberations after Sen. Kevin Blackwell introduced a pair of bills.
Mississippi’s people are more likely to die unnecessarily than residents of any other state, State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney says.
Medicaid expansion is worth considering, says Rep. Sam Creekmore, the new chairman of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee.
Efforts for Mississippi to revive the ballot initiative system in Mississippi will now fall to Sen. David Parker, a new Senate committee chairman.
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