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This image provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss. Cox, who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors in December 2020, was sentenced Thursday, March 9, 2023, to 42 years in prison. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, File)

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Mississippi man gets 42 months in prison for cross burning
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Thu,03/09/23-5:59PM , 184 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in prison.
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House Public Health and Human Services Vice Chairman Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, responds to a member's question after the body voted in favor of a bill that would provide women with a full year of Medicaid coverage after giving birth, Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. With that vote, the Mississippi Legislature awarded final passage to the bill. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi backs 1 year of postpartum Medicaid for new moms
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,03/07/23-5:01PM , 133 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) —

Low-income new mothers in Mississippi will be eligible for a full year of Medicaid health coverage under a bill passed Tuesday by the state Legislature.
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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, left, speaks to reporters alongside Senate Appropriations Committee member Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, center, and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, about proposed legislation to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) and inject an additional $181.1 million into school budgets, following a meeting of the committee Monday, March 6, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi Senate votes to tweak school funding formula
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report For America
Tue,03/07/23-11:20AM , 205 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi senators voted Tuesday to revise the state's education budget formula that has been in law since 1997 but has been fully funded only two years.
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Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann, left, speaks to reporters alongside Senate Appropriations Committee member Dennis DeBar Jr., R-Leakesville, center, and Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Briggs Hopson, R-Vicksburg, about proposed legislation to fully fund the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) and inject an additional $181.1 million into school budgets, following a meeting of the committee Monday, March 6, 2023, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Mississippi Senate pushes for fully funding public schools
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Mon,03/06/23-8:23PM , 215 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Senate leaders are pushing to rewrite the state's education budget formula, which has only fully funded public schools twice since it was put into law in 1997.
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