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Mississippi Sen. Scott DeLano, R-Biloxi, presents an appropriations bill for a vote in the Senate chamber at the state Capitol, March 15, 2022, in Jackson, Miss. Under a bill passed by the state Senate on Wednesday, March 6, 2024, local prosecutors could charge people who possess and manufacture modified machine guns. These weapons, which are made with 3-D printers and can be bought on the internet, can fire multiple rounds at a rapid clip. The proliferation of these devices has led to deadly crimes, DeLano said. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi lawmakers moving to crack down on machine gun conversion devices
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Wed,03/06/24-5:26PM , 39 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Legislation advancing in Mississippi — where lawmakers are typically loathe to introduce new gun restrictions — would ban most devices used to convert semi-automatic firearms into fully automatic ones.
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A Lexington, Miss., police cruiser is parked outside their facility near the town square, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. The Lexington police department unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they could afford to pay them, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi police unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines, Justice Department says
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Thu,02/29/24-5:03PM , 44 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi police department in one of the nation's poorest counties unconstitutionally jailed people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they could afford to pay them, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday.
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Mississippi state Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, listens to a discussion during a Joint Legislative Budget Committee meeting, Nov. 15, 2023, in Jackson, Miss. Boyd said on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2024, that Mississippi could improve health outcomes for mothers and babies by allowing Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi passes quicker pregnancy Medicaid coverage to try to reduce deaths of moms and babies
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Thu,02/29/24-2:58PM , 47 Reads
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Mississippi House Medicaid Committee Chairwoman Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, right, asks a question of the representatives from the Hilltop Institute, a nonpartisan research organization, unseen, who presented a brief on the economic impact of Medicaid expansion in Mississippi, to the committee, media and lobbyists at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024. Committee member State Rep. Clay Mansell, R-Clinton, left, was among the legislators who attended the briefing. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Medicaid expansion proposal advances through Republican-led Mississippi House, will go to Senate
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report For America
Wed,02/28/24-3:07PM , 42 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led House passed a bill Wednesday that would expand Medicaid benefits to hundreds of thousands more residents in one of the poorest states in the U.S.
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