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Transgender · MississippiMississippi’s Republican-led Legislature completed a last-ditch effort Thursday to revive a bill to regulate transgender people’s use of bathrooms, locker rooms and dormitories in public education buildings.See the Story
Mississippi Republicans revive bill to regulate transgender bathroom use in schools
61% Center coverage: 18 sources
Politics · MississippiMedicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Republican-led Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate.See the Story
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Republican-led Mississippi Legislature
50% Center coverage: 12 sources
Politics · ColumbusThe Mississippi Legislature got it half-right when it passed legislation earlier this year to insulate county election commissioners from partisan politics. For the public to have full faith in election results, it needs to feel that those who are counting the ballots are impartial. If an election commissioner personally identifies with any political party, it creates a perception that the election commissioner may lean toward helping candidates…See the Story
Mississippi Editors: Unconstitutional bill earns veto
Crime · MississippiThe body of a Mississippi man who was found dead after vanishing under mysterious circumstances will not be released to family members until law enforcement agencies finish investigating the case, a state judge said Tuesday.See the Story
The body of a Mississippi man will remain in state hands as police investigate his death, judge says
65% Center coverage: 17 sources
North American Politics · MississippiMississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a proposal that would expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands more people, but it includes a work requirement that might not win federal approval.See the Story
Mississippi lawmakers expected to vote on Medicaid expansion plan with work requirement
50% Center coverage: 12 sources
North American Politics · MississippiA woman who sued Mississippi’s capital city over the death of her brother has decided to reject a settlement after officials publicly disclosed how much the city would pay his survivors, her attorney said Wednesday.See the Story
Sister of Mississippi man who died after police pulled him from car rejects lawsuit settlement
40% Center coverage: 10 sources
Business · MississippiTop Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S.See the Story
Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
69% Center coverage: 13 sources
North American Politics · MississippiMississippi legislators advanced bills Monday to give voting rights back to 32 people convicted of felonies, weeks after a Senate leader killed a broader bill that would have restored suffrage to many more people with criminal records.See the Story
Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies
45% Center coverage: 9 sources