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After years of refusing to expand Medicaid, some of Mississippi’s Republican leaders now say they are open to the policy — if they can require new enrollees to have a job. In a statement to The Associated Press, Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Mississippi must consider all options to improve its labor force participation rate and poor health outcomes, both of which are among the worst in the country. Hosemann said Georgia, the only state that requires Medicaid recipients to meet a work requirement, could be a model for Mississippi.

The resolution passed 7-1 and now heads to the full Senate for debate.

The debt ceiling deal approved last week and signed by the president includes increased work requirements for 3SquaresVT recipients, also known as SNAP. Darren Perron spoke with Ivy Enoch, the food security advocacy manager with Hunger Free Vermont about what the changes may mean for folks who depend on the benefits.

​Here is our latest register of Boston-area cases completed at the county’s magistrates’ courts.

Here are four ways the debt ceiling deal could affect who’s eligible for benefits such as SNAP.