Machine-Gun Converter Ban, Closing Parchman, Medicaid Expansion: #MSLeg Roundup
Mississippi lawmakers advanced bills to ban machine-gun converters, expand Medicaid, close most of the state penitentiary and outlaw sexual extortion.
Mississippi lawmakers advanced bills to ban machine-gun converters, expand Medicaid, close most of the state penitentiary and outlaw sexual extortion.
Mississippi lawmakers advanced bills to raise shoplifting fines, create an alert system for people with disabilities and reform prior authorizations.
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.
Jackson will see a “surge in state, local and federal law-enforcement resources” through “Operation Unified,” Gov. Reeves announced.
Prohibition could end for some small towns in Mississippi under a bill House lawmakers passed last week.
Mississippi Delta communities deserve equitable broadband access and transparency in federal grant spending, residents say.
Legalized sports betting, prior authorization reform and Medicaid eligibility for pregnant women were among the issues lawmakers tackled last week.
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