Medicaid Expansion Bill Coming By Monday, Mississippi Lt. Gov. Hosemann Says
A Medicaid expansion bill will arrive in the Mississippi Senate by Monday, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann says.
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.
Prohibition could end for some small towns in Mississippi under a bill House lawmakers passed last week.
A painting of two generals raising a Confederate flag remains memorialized in the Mississippi Capitol rotunda’s dome. A senator wants it removed.
Mississippi Labor Union leader Chris Gray Sr. writes that state leaders should hold all bragging on education until public schools are fully funded.
Legalized sports betting, prior authorization reform and Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women were among the issues lawmakers tackled last week.
Rev. Jonathan Tullos writes that it is unconstitutional for Mississippi to use public funds to support private schools.
Mississippi Republicans introduced bills in January to make “abortion trafficking,” advertising abortion information and mail-in abortion pills criminal offenses.
Mississippi could start providing Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in a bid to improve health outcomes for moms and babies.
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