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Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch waits to speak at a Trump for President rally in Jackson, Miss., Thursday, June 6, 2024. Fitch was named a defendant in a lawsuit filed Friday, June 7, 2024, in federal court over a new Mississippi law requiring users of websites and other digital services to register their age. The suit by the tech industry group NetChoice contends the law will unconstitutionally limit access to online speech for minors and adults. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Federal judge halts Mississippi law requiring age verification for websites
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,07/01/24-3:46PM , 475 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday blocked a Mississippi law that would require users of websites and other digital services to verify their age.
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Laws on Medicaid, school funding, other subjects in effect Mon.
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,06/29/24-2:00AM , 536 Reads
JACKSON — Mississippi is enacting several new laws, including one that says sign language courses may replace foreign language courses for students to earn credit toward high school graduation.
A look at some of the other new laws taking effect Monday:
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Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, left, listens as Drew Snyder, executive director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, speaks at the state Capitol, Feb. 7, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. A new "presumptive eligibility" law that takes effect Monday, July 1, 2024, allows earlier Mississippi Medicaid coverage during pregnancy. The law says Medicaid will pay for a pregnant woman’s outpatient medical care up to 60 days while her application for the government-funded insurance program is being considered. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi sets new laws on Medicaid during pregnancy, school funding, inheritance and alcohol
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,06/28/24-10:53AM , 276 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is enacting several new laws, including one that says sign language courses may replace foreign language courses for students to earn credit toward high school graduation.

A look at some of the other new laws taking effect on July 1:

Medicaid during pregnancy
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Reena Evers-Everette, front left, daughter of assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, left, welcomes U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, front right, and Mississippi Transportation Commissioner for the Central District Willie Simmons, center, to the home of her father, assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, Friday, June 21, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. The house, now the Medgar and Myrlie Evers National Monument, was one of the stops Buttigieg made as he spent Thursday and Friday in Mississippi, promoting projects that will be helped or will be receiving money from a federal infrastructure act. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Buttigieg tours Mississippi civil rights site and says transportation is key to equity in the US
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,06/21/24-3:21PM , 367 Reads
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