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Secretary of state moves to dismiss GOP lawsuit trying to limit mail-in absentee ballots
By TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,03/28/24-7:01PM , 452 Reads 4,567 Statewide
The secretary of state’s office and two advocacy groups on Tuesday asked a court to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the state Republican and Libertarian parties seeking to limit the number of mail-in absentee ballots during the upcoming presidential and congressional election.
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St. Thomas Baptist Church the Rev. Darryl Magee holds a thumb in the air as he's taken to an ambulance after collapsing during a press conference regarding Medicaid expansion held by clergy from across the state at the State Capitol on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, in Jackson. His family reported in the early afternoon that he was awake and recovering. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Pastor urging lawmakers to expand Medicaid rushed to hospital after collapsing at Capitol
By TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/20/24-9:01PM , 753 Reads 8,976 Statewide
A minister collapsed at the Mississippi State Capitol on Wednesday while standing with fellow clergy members pleading with lawmakers to expand Medicaid coverage to some of the state’s poorest residents.
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Poll: Majority of Mississippi Republican voters support Medicaid expansion
By TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/20/24-12:51PM , 579 Reads 5,737 Statewide
A majority of Mississippi’s Republican primary voters support expanding Medicaid coverage to the working poor, according to a recent poll commissioned by the American Cancer Society.
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For third-straight year, ballot initiative likely dead in Senate
By TAYLOR VANCE - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/20/24-4:21AM , 651 Reads 5,909 Statewide
The state Senate will likely allow all proposals to restore voters’ right to circumvent the Legislature and place measures on a ballot to die during the lawmaking process without taking a final vote.
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