In his State of the State address on Monday, Jan. 30, 2023, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves called on lawmakers to pass a “Parents Bill of Rights” that would allow parents to inspect school curriculums and opt their children out of certain educational materials.
The “Regulate Experimental Adolescent Procedures (REAP) Act,” would prohibit standard treatments such as hormone therapy and puberty-blocking drugs by barring public funds from going to “any entity, organization or individual that provides gender transition procedures to a person under eighteen years of age.”
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said the state is “in a crisis mode here on the short term” when he addressed the problem of hospital closures at a Jan. 3, 2022, press conference.
Mississippi’s health care crisis is worsening as hospitals close and lawmakers continue to resist expanding Medicaid, the Mississippi State Medical Association warned.
The Mississippi Free Press will appeal the Mississippi Ethics Commission’s determination that the State Legislature is not a public body under the Open Meetings Act. That decision, which the commission finalized today, allows the House Republican Caucus to gather a full quorum of the Mississippi House of Representatives and deliberate on legislation in secret.
The Mississippi Ethics Commission held its likely final discussion on the Mississippi Free Press’ complaint against the State House of Representatives today, restating their disagreements over the commission’s decision to declare the Mississippi Legislature not a public body under the Open Meetings Act.
“Every person in Mississippi has the right to know how our legislative public servants are making decisions and why,” Donna Ladd writes.
A majority on the Mississippi Ethics Commission has rejected its staff’s recommendation to affirm that the Mississippi House of Representatives is a “public body” that is subject to the Mississippi Open Meetings Act in a 5-3 vote.
The parents of a teenage Mississippi rape victim had to travel more than 500 miles to help their daughter obtain an abortion in Illinois, WAPT’s Megan West reported. The family told the local Jackson anchor that they learned their daughter was pregnant three days beyond Mississippi’s legal limit of six weeks.
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