Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender, and Taylor Vance discuss the breakdown of Medicaid expansion negotiations in the Legislature.
On this day in 1917
On this day in 1917, Eugene Jacques Bullard became the first Black American combat pilot, fighting for the French Aéronautique Militaire in World War I.
A seat at table for Democrats might have gotten Medicaid expansion across the finish line
Analysis: The breakdown in the Medicaid expansion negotiations could be attributed to the decision of the two Republican legislative leaders to not appoint a single Democrat to the all-important conference committee.
On this day in 1884
On this day in 1884, crusading journalist Ida B. Wells was dragged off a train when she refused to move from a whites-only railroad car.
From dummy bill to Hail Marys: How Mississippi’s Medicaid expansion efforts failed
Analysis: In early 2024, it appeared as though two like-minded Republican legislative leaders would finally put politics aside and work out a Medicaid expansion plan. That didn’t happen. Here’s the story of how the effort failed.
Legislature, flush with cash, passes budget, completing work for 2024 session
The $7 billion state budget is 5.8% larger than the one passed last year.
On this day in 1850
On this day in 1850, Shadrach Minkins escaped from his enslavers in Norfolk, Virginia, making his way to Boston.
Medgar Evers will receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Medgar Evers, assassinated 60 years ago, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.
Legislative leaders: Medicaid expansion measure set to die Thursday night
Expansion brought months of intense debate at the Capitol and scores of rallies urging lawmakers to adopt Medicaid expansion.
‘It wasn’t equal:’ Counter-protesters overwhelm pro-Palestinian students at the University of Mississippi
Counter-protestors vastly outnumbered the Free Palestine demonstrators at Ole Miss in first such campus protest in Mississippi.
Supreme Court ruling sidesteps issue of spending public money on private schools
High court says parents’ group lacks legal standing, in part because debate is over federal, not state money.
IVF heir bill heads to governor’s desk
This is the fifth year Rep. Dana McLean, R-Columbus, filed the measure to give inheritance rights to children conceived via IVF after the death of one parent, as 27 other states have done.