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Can a Medicaid plan that requires work succeed? First year of Georgia experiment is not promising
Read full article: Can a Medicaid plan that requires work succeed? First year of Georgia experiment is not promisingBy now, Georgia officials expected their new Medicaid plan to provide health insurance to 25,000 low income residents.
Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy change
Read full article: Mississippi sees spike in child care enrollment after abortion ban and child support policy changeMississippi's human services director says the state has seen a consistent increase in the number of families accepting public assistance for child care since lawmakers banned abortion in almost all circumstances.
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wins heated GOP primary as statewide candidates square off
Read full article: Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann wins heated GOP primary as statewide candidates square offLt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann has defeated state Sen. Chris McDaniel in the state’s bitter Republican primary for lieutenant governor.
Maternal deaths and disparities increase in Mississippi
Read full article: Maternal deaths and disparities increase in MississippiA newly released report from the Mississippi State Department of Health finds that an increasing number of mothers in the state have died in recent years due to pregnancy complications.
Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislature
Read full article: Mississippi seeing big virus outbreak in state legislatureMississippi is seeing the largest outbreak of COVID-19 among legislators in any state. That works out to about 1 in 7 Mississippi legislators. Among those testing positive in the heavily Republican body are the GOP presiding officers, House Speaker Philip Gunn and Lt. Gov. But around the Mississippi Capitol, not wearing a mask or wearing one pushed below the chin was a bipartisan activity in recent weeks. In Georgia, at least seven state legislators are known to have tested positive.
At least 8 Mississippi lawmakers test positive for COVID-19
Read full article: At least 8 Mississippi lawmakers test positive for COVID-19At least eight Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for the coronavirus after working for weeks in a Capitol where many people stood or sat close together and did not wear masks. Mississippi's lieutenant governor has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his spokeswoman said Tuesday, hours after Republican Gov. Governor Delbert Hosemann came two days after the other top leader in the Mississippi Legislature, Republican House Speaker Philip Gunn, 57, announced his own positive test for COVID-19. They were tested for the coronavirus after he came into contact with a lawmaker who tested positive last week. Democratic Rep. Bo Brown of Jackson announced a positive test result in the last several days.
Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil War
Read full article: Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after Civil WarMississippi is retiring the last state flag in the U.S. that includes the Confederate battle emblem. Mississippi's was the last state flag to include the design. Make no mistake: The Confederate flag isn't anywhere close to being gone from the South. But even Castello is surprised by how demonstrations over police brutality became a wave that seems to be washing over generations of adoration for the Confederate battle flag by some. To some, the Confederate battle flag with its red background, blue X and white stars is a down-home symbol of Southern heritage and pride.
Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flag
Read full article: Mississippi set to remove Confederate emblem from its flagLarry Eubanks of Star waves the current Mississippi state flag as he sits before the front of the Capitol, Saturday, June 27, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. While a supporter of the current flag, Eubanks says he would hope lawmakers would allow a proposed flag change to be decided by the registered voters. Mississippi is on the verge of changing its state flag to erase a Confederate battle emblem that's broadly condemned as racist. Mississippi has the last state flag with the Confederate battle emblem a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. White supremacists in the Mississippi Legislature set the state flag design in 1894 during backlash to the political power that African Americans gained after the Civil War.
Mississippi flag: 'In God We Trust' for Confederate symbol?
Read full article: Mississippi flag: 'In God We Trust' for Confederate symbol?In this April 25, 2020 photograph, a small Mississippi state flag is held by a participant during a drive-by "re-open Mississippi" protest past the Governor's Mansion, in the background, in Jackson, Miss. This current flag has in the canton portion of the banner the design of the Civil War-era Confederate battle flag, that has been the center of a long-simmering debate about its removal or replacement. Mississippi has the only state flag that includes the Confederate battle emblem a red field topped by a blue X with 13 white stars. In my mind, our flag should bear the Seal of the Great State of Mississippi and state In God We Trust, Hosemann said. Walmart announced Tuesday that it would stop displaying the Mississippi flag because of the Confederate emblem.