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Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, discusses the cost of Medicaid expansion at a public legislative conference committee meeting held at the State Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
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Tue,04/23/24-6:20PM , 188 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top 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.
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In this Feb. 15, 2018, photo, state and federal tax forms are available at the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson, Miss., for filers who want to do their own taxes. The board of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History met Friday, April 19, 2024, and approved a demolition permit for the library, which had closed after falling into disrepair. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Jackson library to be razed for green space near history museums
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Fri,04/19/24-2:37PM , 138 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A public library that fell into disrepair will be torn down to make way for a new green space near two history museums that have become one of the top tourist attractions in Mississippi's capital city.
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Former mayor of Magnolia, Miss., and himself a former felon, Anthony Witherspoon speaks at a hearing where a group of legislators were told about the difficulties that some former felons face in regaining their right to vote, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi legislators won't smooth the path this year to restore voting rights after some felonies
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Wed,04/17/24-4:46PM , 162 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Kenneth Almons says he began a sentence in a Mississippi prison just two weeks after graduating from high school, and one of his felony convictions — for armed robbery — stripped away voting rights that he still has not regained decades later.
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Civil rights attorney demands footage in fatal police chase, but city lawyer says none exists
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Tue,04/16/24-3:31PM , 112 Reads
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