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EPA investing nearly $29 million to identify and replace lead pipes in Mississippi
Mississippi will be receiving nearly $29 million from the federal government to identify and replace lead service lines statewide. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Missisippi’s $28,650,000 share of the $3 billion in funding to be dispersed across the nation as part of its ongoing mission to prevent exposure...
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Mississippi lawmakers send bill restricting where transgender people can use bathroom to governor
Legislation designed to clarify who can use what restroom in Mississippi has made a roundabout journey to appear on Governor Tate Reeves’ desk. The Securing Areas for Females Effectively and Responsibly (SAFER) Act did not meet Monday’s conference committee deadline, but as the old adage goes, nothing’s actually dead during...
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Legislative leaders: Medicaid expansion measure set to die Thursday night
An effort in the Mississippi Legislature to accept billions of dollars in federal money to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor – a...
Legislative leaders: Medicaid expansion measure set to die Thursday night
An effort in the Mississippi Legislature to accept billions of dollars in federal money to expand Medicaid coverage to the working poor – a...
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Quotes: Republicans debating Medicaid expansion share thoughts on key meeting day
House Republican leaders offered a compromise Medicaid expansion plan to Senate leaders in a much-anticipated conference committee meeting on Tuesday.
Earlier this session, House leaders...
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Medicaid expansion negotiators still far apart after first public meeting
Kevin Blackwell, the main Senate negotiator trying to reach agreement on expanding Medicaid to provide health insurance for primarily the working poor, urged his...
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Medicaid expansion negotiators still far apart after first public meeting
Kevin Blackwell, the main Senate negotiator trying to reach agreement on expanding Medicaid to provide health insurance for primarily the working poor, urged his...
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Voting Rights Restoration For 32 Mississippians Advances After Broader Suffrage Bill Fails
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thirty-two Mississippians convicted of felonies could get their voting rights back after lawmakers advanced suffrage bills on Monday, weeks after...
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Voting Rights Restoration For 32 Mississippians Advances After Broader Suffrage Bill Fails
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Thirty-two Mississippians convicted of felonies could get their voting rights back after lawmakers advanced suffrage bills on Monday, weeks after...
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George Robinson’s Family Gets $17,786 In Settlement Over Death That Followed JPD Encounter
JACKSON, Miss.—The family of George Robinson, who died in 2019 following an encounter with three Jackson police officers, will receive a $17,786.25 payment after...