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Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, presents to reporters the House's position on their state income tax elimination legislation at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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House speaker not budging on Medicaid extension for new moms
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,03/15/22-3:52PM , 306 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn says he opposes efforts to revive a proposal that would let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth.

“My position on the postpartum thing has not changed,” Gunn, a Republican, told reporters Tuesday at the Capitol.
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Cassandra Welchlin, co-convener and state lead of the Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable, speaks at a news conference in Jackson, Monday, March 14, 2022, to promote a proposal to let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth. Advocates for low-income women say longer coverage by the government health insurance program could reduce Mississippi's high rate of maternal mortality. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi could renew push to extend Medicaid for new moms
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,03/14/22-4:21PM , 383 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate will try to revive a proposal to let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Monday.
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Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann tells reporters Monday, March 14, 2022, that he and other state Senate leaders propose a six-month suspension of the state's gasoline tax to give drivers a break amid rising gas prices, during a news conference at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. The tax is 18.4 cents per gallon, and money from it goes to the state Department of Transportation. The proposal would have to be approved by the House, the Senate and Republican Gov. Tate Reeves. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Lt. Gov. Hosemann: Suspend Mississippi gas tax 6 months
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,03/14/22-3:42PM , 433 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Monday that he and other Senate leaders are pushing to suspend the state's gasoline tax for six months to give drivers a break as gas prices continue climbing.
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves delivers his State of the State address outside the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Jan. 25, 2022. Reeves is a supporter of eliminating the state's personal income tax. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi gov signs law limiting race in lessons
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,03/14/22-2:42PM , 208 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill Monday to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms, and it became law immediately.
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