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Moving single mothers from Medicaid to middle income
Most Mississippians on Medicaid work low-paying jobs that leads to indefinite coverage, particularly women who head their households. For example, Mississippi Medicaid covers 65% of pregnancies. Most pregnant residents are single, young adults who work low-paying, dead-end, jobs that offer no health benefits, pregnancy accommodations, paid family leave or middle-income career opportunities. Those single mothers typically work full-time, year-round.
Mississippi high school baseball Super 25 rankings: MHSAA playoffs create shakeup outside top 10
With the Mississippi high school baseball playoffs heading into their second and third rounds, here's the latest Clarion-Ledger Super 25 rankings. Four top-25 matchups are set this week, highlighted by No. 4 Lewisburg facing No. 5 Hernando in this week's game to watch. East Webster enters the Super 25 after sweeping No. 16 Kossuth. ...
MS Legislature beats deadline by minutes, set to vote on Medicaid expansion
With only minutes to spare, a group of Mississippi lawmakers came to a final compromise on a version of Medicaid expansion Monday that is now heading to both the Senate and House of Representatives for a vote. Before the bill was filed into the Legislature's website, House and Senate Medicaid Committee Chairs Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, and Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, both declined to comment on the deal made just barely before a legislative deadline to file conference...
Law enforcement officers’ oversight bill heads to governor’s desk
The Mississippi Senate passed legislation Monday to give the state’s officer certification board the power to investigate law enforcement misconduct. House Bill 691, the revised version of which passed the House Saturday, is now headed to the desk of Gov. Tate Reeves. The bill comes in the wake of...
See which Mississippi high school earned the highest ranking from U.S. News list
For the second year in a row, Madison Central High School in Madison County ranked within the top 10 on the U.S. News Best High Schools list for the state of Mississippi. The list studied data from nearly 18,000 public high schools in the nation, including traditional, magnet and charter public schools. The rankings are based on six different factors including graduation rate, college readiness and state assessment scores.
Louisiana sues Biden administration over Title IX rules that protect LGBTQ+ students
Louisiana’s Republican attorney general announced Monday the state is suing the Biden administration over new Title IX rules that aim to protect LGBTQ+ students. The updates to the federal law that forbids sex-based discrimination in education have been expanded to include gender identity and sexual orientation. Gov. Jeff Landry, Attorney General Liz Murrill and K-12 […] The post Louisiana sues Biden administration over Title IX rules that protect LGBTQ+ students appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
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