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- Sonya Williams-Barnes, of the Southern Poverty Law Center, speaks about Medicaid expansion during a Medicaid expansion rally in the rotunda of the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
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Why many House Democrats say they’ll vote against a bill that is ‘Medicaid expansion in name only’
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,05/01/24-7:28PM , 838 Reads 10,046 Statewide
“Republican infighting on Medicaid expansion becoming our responsibility to referee feels unfair when they’re the ones who couldn’t get the support for their own bill,” one Democratic House member said. “They’re waiting to see if we’ll bail them out.”
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Her grandfather helped bring Medicaid to Mississippi 55 years ago. Today, she’s pushing for expansion.
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,04/24/24-5:02PM , 1,496 Reads 12,303 Statewide
Supporters of Medicaid expansion would argue that it is wholly appropriate that Leah Hendrix has recently been a featured speaker in rallies at the state Capitol in favor of providing health care coverage for primarily working poor Mississippians.

No doubt, her activism brings symmetry.
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- Senators Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford (left) and chairman Kevin Blackwell, during discussions on the cost of Medicaid expansion at a public meeting held at the state Capitol, Tuesday, April 23, 2024. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
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Medicaid expansion negotiators still far apart after first public meeting
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,04/24/24-3:58PM , 373 Reads 6,117 Statewide
In a first public meeting less than a week before deadline to finalize a Medicaid expansion plan, House negotiators offered a major compromise and said they were willing to go further. Senate negotiators did not reciprocate and said they didn’t see much room for compromise at all.
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Harrison: Agency that doles out tax credit funds to private schools can’t say how the state money is being spent
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,04/23/24-12:40PM , 661 Reads 8,558 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

House leaders, who say they want to bolster public education spending, have also proposed more than tripling the size of a program that sends millions in state funds to private schools even though information is not available on how the money is spent.
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