Mississippi Legislature

Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says

Politics
Amanda Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Medicaid expansion plan endorsed by leaders in the Republican-led Mississippi Legislature could struggle for bipartisan support because ...

Mississippi Senate Republicans push Medicaid expansion ‘lite’ proposal that would cover fewer people

Politics
Amanda Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A proposal to expand Medicaid to tens of thousands of residents in one of the poorest states in ...

The first Black woman in the Mississippi Legislature now has her portrait in the state Capitol

Politics
Amanda Smith

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke was the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi Legislature, and now she is ...