The state Health Department has pulled back the proposed regulations for further review after hearing child care providers’ concerns.

Simeon Gates
Simeon Gates is a politics reporter at Mississippi Today focusing on K-12 education issues. She previously interned with Mississippi Today as a general assignment reporter. Before that, she interned at Southern Miss Student Media and attended the University of Southern Mississippi. As a student journalist, she received several awards including first place for the "Best Use of Video" in the college division of the Mississippi Press Association's 2024 Better Newspaper Contest.