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A voter walks into Twin Lakes Baptist Church in Madison, Miss., Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Attorney general argues in federal court that Jim Crow-era voting ban should be upheld
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed, 09/22/2021 - 03:18 PM, 35 Reads
Justin Matheny, the state attorney representing Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch, argued in federal court on Wednesday that a provision of the state Constitution adopted in 1890 designed to prevent African Americans from voting should be upheld.
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5th Circuit Court of Appeals New Orleans, LA Credit: 5th Circuit Court of Appeals

5th Circuit to hear arguments on state’s felony voting ban
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue, 09/21/2021 - 03:54 PM, 42 Reads
The full U.S. 5^th Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Wednesday morning from its federal courthouse in New Orleans on whether Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies is constitutional.
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Congress considers Medicaid expansion workaround to provide health care to poor Mississippians
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue, 09/21/2021 - 03:18 PM, 40 Reads
Democrats in the U.S. Congress are considering a way to offer health care insurance for low income Mississippians who have been denied coverage because of the refusal of the state’s political leadership to expand Medicaid.
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Mississippi politicians don’t believe what they keep being told about Medicaid expansion
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon, 09/20/2021 - 10:06 AM, 82 Reads
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

Legendary baseball announcer Jack Buck once proclaimed, “I don’t believe what I just saw.”

Perhaps some Mississippi politicians opposed to Medicaid expansion should proclaim, “I don’t believe what I keep on hearing and reading from the experts.”
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