Legislative update for the week of April 29
The week of April 29 was the 18th and final week of the 2024 legislative session and legislators worked through the weekend to finalize the state budget and other bills.
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The week of April 29 was the 18th and final week of the 2024 legislative session and legislators worked through the weekend to finalize the state budget and other bills.
The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Republican-led Legislature to expand Medicaid has died. Negotiators missed a Thursday night deadline to file a final proposal, and that killed the issue for
The bill’s death marked an end to months of intense debate.
State lawmakers failed to reach a compromise, dashing hopes of extending largely free health care to most low-income residents and supporting struggling rural hospitals.
House Democrats say they plan to vote against a Republican Medicaid expansion proposal that they say doesn't help people get health coverage.