Meet the Candidates for U.S. Senate in Mississippi’s March 12 Primaries
Mississippi voters will select Republican and Democratic nominees for U.S. Senate in the primaries on Tuesday, March 12. These are the candidates.
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Mississippi voters will select Republican and Democratic nominees for U.S. Senate in the primaries on Tuesday, March 12. These are the candidates.
Mississippi House Rep. Nick Bain, the Republican who authored Mississippi’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors this year, has conceded after gun store owner Brad Mattox defeated him in the Republican primary for House District 2 in Alcorn County by just 26 votes.
UMMC is shutting down the TEAM Clinic on June 30 after lawmakers criticized it for providing gender-affirming care to its patients in a recent Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review report.
Efforts to expand Capitol Police’s jurisdiction over the City of Jackson and to reintroduce a more limited citizen-led ballot initiative process remain alive in the Mississippi Legislature.
Young transgender Mississippians can no longer receive standard treatments, such as puberty blockers or hormone therapy, after Gov. Tate Reeves signed the REAP Act into law Tuesday afternoon.
Protesters gathered on Feb. 15, 2023, at the steps of the Mississippi State Capitol to rally against House Bill 1125, which bans treatments for transgender minors in Mississippi.
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