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Constitutionality of House Bill 1020 comes into focus
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,03/08/23-2:12PM , 627 Reads 10,295 Statewide
A host of elected officials and attorneys who are increasingly scrutinizing House Bill 1020 say the original version of the legislation is likely unconstitutional — a point looming over lawmakers as they continue to debate and
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Harrison: MAEP full funding fight could be renewed in Legislature
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,03/06/23-11:50AM , 772 Reads 20,148 Statewide
Below is a political analysis column by Bobby Harrison:

For 56 days of the 90-day 2023 session of the Mississippi Legislature and before then in the pre-session budgeting work, no one was speaking publicly or seriously about the possibility of fully funding public education.
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House bill would revive ballot initiative but prevent voters using it for abortion rights
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,03/02/23-4:46PM , 321 Reads 8,840 Statewide
Mississippians would be prevented from placing an initiative on the ballot to ease or erase the state’s strict anti-abortion laws under the legislation passed late Tuesday by the House Constitution Committee.
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Gov. Tate Reeves, after months of resistance, asks lawmakers to pass postpartum Medicaid extension
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,02/27/23-12:26PM , 715 Reads 15,393 Statewide
Gov. Tate Reeves, who for more than a year refused to endorse lengthening postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers from 60 days to a year, on Sunday announced his support for the extension.
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