Rep. Zakiya Summers take.

Mississippi has a population of approximately 2.9 million, down (0.7) percent since the COVID-19 pandemic. Black(ADOS) Mississippians make up nearly 40% the overall demographic. Lawmakers have opposed/supported the Work From Home requirement for a reason.

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Senate Medicaid Committee Chairman Sen. Kevin Blackwell, R-Southaven, told me last week that CMS has a better chance of approving a work requirement waiver if Donald Trump wins the presidential election in November. mississippifreepress.org/41740/medicaid…

Under the new compromise plan, if CMS denies the waiver, the state could reapply later if CMS changed course and approved another state’s work requirement.

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Under the newest proposal, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services must approve the work requirement for Medicaid expansion to become law in Mississippi.

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House leaders had opposed the Senate’s strict work requirement bc it would prevent Medicaid expansion from taking effect unless the federal government approves the kind of work-requirement waiver that it has rejected in the past. But the House compromised.
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How does this help our unemployed workforce, disabled Veterans, and elderly who are currently living on a fixed income? Basically, every Mississippian would have to get a part-time job working 25hrs a week to qualify for Medicaid expansion under this “compromise” plan.

Here is a great read about food product dating. According to the Department of Agriculture, food product dating is “completely voluntary for all food products except baby food…” This information is helpful to anyone who is interested in food safety.

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A woman who sued Mississippi’s capital city over the death of her brother has decided to reject a settlement after officials publicly disclosed how much the city would pay his survivors, her attorney said Wednesday.

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NEW: Mississippi is on the verge of adopting a new school funding formula emphasizing equity. It focuses more resources to students who require more funding, like special needs students and those in poverty.

It's headed to Gov. Reeves' desk. #MSLeg
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Lynch Street Arts Festival today.
Jackson, Mississippi

'A state holiday' means 'Confederate Memorial Day,' but a lot of state agencies are justifiably too embarrassed to mention it by name.

A mom in Oklahoma is serving 30 years in prison because her boyfriend beat her and her kid. She was blamed—and got punished harsher than he did.

Lawmakers just passed a bill that could help moms with cases like this. But the governor wants to block it. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…