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- State Sen. Jeremy England, R-Vancleave, presents legislation in the Senate Chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Feb. 1, 2023. England says he intentionally wore an embarrassing Halloween costume to raise money for breast cancer research — a shiny pink bodysuit with a short pink skirt. Now, three years later, England says a photo of him in the outfit is being misused in an increasingly divisive GOP primary as he supports Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann for reelection. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi senator says tutu photo is misused in campaign. He's raising money for cancer research
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Sat,07/22/23-12:26PM , 1,387 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Republican state Sen. Jeremy England says he intentionally wore what he considers a “very embarrassing” Halloween costume to raise money for breast cancer research — a shiny pink bodysuit with a short pink skirt.
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- Parents with their children and medical professionals listen to testimony from people who want Mississippi to allow a religious exemption from the vaccination requirements for school attendance, during a legislative committee meeting on Jan. 24, 2018, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Under an order from a federal judge, the Mississippi State Department of Health is publishing information Saturday, July 15, 2023, about how people can apply for religious exemptions from childhood vaccinations. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi, under judge's order, starts allowing religious exemptions for childhood vaccinations
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Fri,07/14/23-12:18PM , 341 Reads
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- U.S. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division speaks, June 1, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. On Wednesday, July 12, the Justice Department filed court papers challenging a Mississippi law that authorizes the appointment of some judges in Jackson and Hinds County, which are majority-Black. Most judges in Mississippi are elected, and Clarke said the appointment of judges discriminates against Black residents. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi discriminates against Black residents with appointed judges, Justice Department says
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,07/12/23-5:03PM , 473 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new Mississippi law discriminates against residents of the majority-Black capital city of Jackson by requiring the appointment of some judges in a state where most judges are elected, the U.S. Justice Department said in court papers filed Wednesday.
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- Drew Snyder, executive director of the Mississippi Division of Medicaid, gives an agency update to members of the House Medicaid Committee at the state Capitol, Jan. 23, 2019, in Jackson, Miss. The division announced, Monday, July 10, 2023, that it has started removing thousands of people from the program after the end of a pandemic public health emergency. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Mississippi removes thousands of people from Medicaid as it examines post-pandemic eligibility
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,07/11/23-4:20PM , 669 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi has removed more than 29,000 people from Medicaid as the program starts reviewing who is eligible to keep coverage now that the federal government has ended a pandemic public health emergency.

That is just over 3% of people who were enrolled in the state's program in June.
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