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Reeves again blocks funds for LeFleur’s Bluff project in Jackson
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,05/16/24-6:09PM , 103 Reads 6,275 Statewide
For the third consecutive year legislative efforts to direct state money to renovate LeFleur’s Bluff in Jackson have been stymied, thanks in large part to Gov. Tate Reeves.
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Attorney Cliff Johnson (center) presents his case before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Thursday, July 6, 2023 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

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Supreme Court ruling sidesteps issue of spending public money on private schools
By BOBBY HARRISON - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,05/03/24-2:01PM , 294 Reads 11,601 Statewide
The Mississippi Supreme Court in a 7-2 ruling found that Parents for Public Schools does not have legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of the state Legislature sending public money to private schools.
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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,05/01/24-8:51PM , 408 Reads 10,033 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,04/24/24-6:21PM , 431 Reads 12,272 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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