The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Parting Waters

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Black Mississippians’ right to vote has constantly been under threat. A recent bill that would have restored voting rights to thousands died in committee.

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After the U.S. Civil War, white supremacists used felony disenfranchisement to suppress the Black vote. Even now, restoring rights has hit a roadblock.

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Columnist Rick Cleveland recounts the life of O.J. Simpson, who died at age 76 after a remarkable sports career and dramatic downfall.

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Nearly a quarter of adults disenrolled from Medicaid in the past year say they are now uninsured.

via KFF Health News

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It is far from unusual in MS and particularly in DeSoto Co. for people to be jailed solely because they are awaiting treatment through the state’s commitment process -- without being accused of any crime. mississippitoday.org/2024/04/12/so-…

Efforts to expand Mississippi’s state financial aid programs to adult and part-time students could be at a standstill after the House failed to pass a bill to do so by a key deadline, due largely to the price tag.

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Th ER's closure will leave the future site of the new electric vehicle battery plant in a county with no emergency department: mississippitoday.org/2024/04/11/hol…

'It drove home the power of listening to people on the margins of society.'

Watch a recap of Mississippi Today's investigation into the unfettered power of Mississippi sheriffs and hear a Goldsmith Prize judge's thoughts on its importance.

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On this day in 1864, Confederate cavalry killed as many as 300 Union soldiers, most of them Black, in the Fort Pillow Massacre.

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As lawmakers debate changing Mississippi’s commitment laws to reduce jail detentions, David’s path through the state’s mental health system shows how it can funnel a sick person into jail, and how long it can take for them to get out once locked up.

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A coalition of clergy from around the state urged lawmakers on Thursday to pass legislation that fully expands Medicaid coverage to upwards of 200,000 poor Mississippians.

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'The residents of Mississippi have not been spared from paying for Medicaid expansion. They have been helping to fund it for over a decade through their federal tax dollars, but the money has been flowing into states like Arkansas and Louisiana...'

Gov. Tate Reeves — the face of Medicaid expansion opposition — put forward a plan last fall that would make expansion much more lucrative to hospitals.

We learned today that the feds approved his plan, just as GOP lawmakers hardcore debate expansion (much to Reeves' chagrin).

The latest from Marshall Ramsey: Signs

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Dr. Joe Thompson, Arkansas’ former surgeon general under Republican and Democratic governors, explains how his state's Medicaid expansion program could be a model for Mississippi.

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The Senate on Wednesday passed legislation to alter the county composition of Mississippi’s circuit and chancery court districts, a move that broke with decades of the state’s policy of leaving district boundaries unchanged.

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Although he remains opposed to Medicaid expansion, Gov. Tate Reeves' just-approved initiative would make expansion even more lucrative for Mississippi's struggling hospitals.

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Marshall County’s only emergency room will close this month after a mix-up with federal government.

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“Most of those marketplace plans, I kind of call catastrophic coverage.'

Mississippi hospital officials say marketplace insurance helps, but not as much as Medicaid.

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