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- House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, addresses lawmakers in the body's chamber at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on March 3, 2022. Gunn and House Medicaid Committee Chairman Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, chose not to bring up a bill that would have let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, up from two months now allowed, on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Wednesday was the deadline for House and Senate committees to consider general bills that had already passed the other chamber. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Mississippi House leaders kill postpartum Medicaid extension
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,03/09/22-3:07PM , 394 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican leaders of the Mississippi House killed a bill Wednesday that would have let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth, up from the current two months.
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- Mississippi House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, left, laughs as "Home Town" hosts Ben Napier and Erin Napier, thank lawmakers for a House resolution honoring their HGTV home remodeling show and their work at promoting tourism in their home town of Laurel and the state, while at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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'Home Town' stars back Mississippi city's tourism tax effort
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,03/08/22-2:40PM , 374 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House honored the stars of HGTV's “Home Town" at the state Capitol on Tuesday, and married couple Ben and Erin Napier used the visit to help lobby for a possible increase in a local tourism tax for their community.
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- Mississippi State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs responds to a question during a news briefing regarding the state's COVID-19 response, Aug. 19, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. Dobbs will resign at the end of July, 2022 and he hopes to go back into teaching, the state Health Department announced Tuesday, March 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
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Top Mississippi health official resigning at end of July
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,03/08/22-1:47PM , 254 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi public health official who has led the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic will resign at the end of July and hopes to go back into clinical work and teaching, the state Health Department announced Tuesday.
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- This undated file photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Blayde Grayson. The state attorney general’s office said a judge will hold a hearing April 7, 2022, to determine if Grayson truly wants to request an execution date and if he is mentally competent to waive his appeals in the case. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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Hearing set for Mississippi inmate who sought execution date
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Mon,03/07/22-4:56PM , 146 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi judge will hold a hearing next month to determine if a death row inmate truly wants to request an execution date and if the inmate is mentally competent to waive appeals in the case.
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