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Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,05/01/24-1:08PM, 73 Reads
The Greenwood Commonwealth. April 24, 2024.
Editorial: Unconstitutional Bill Earns Veto
The Mississippi Legislature got it half-right when it passed legislation earlier this year to insulate county election commissioners from partisan politics.
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Mississippi House Democratic Leader Robert Johnson, D-Natchez, speaks during a debate, Feb. 1, 2024, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Johnson said Tuesday, April 30, that many House Democrats have concerns about a bill that he said would provide "Medicaid expansion in name only." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi Medicaid expansion plan could struggle for bipartisan support, Democratic leader says

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,04/30/24-6:32PM, 75 Reads
JACKSON, Miss.
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Lisa Ross, right, attorney for Bul Mabil, seated center, brother of Dau Mabil, a 33-year-old Jackson, Miss., resident who went missing on March 25 and whose body was found in April floating in the Pearl River in Lawrence County, listens to his question, while Karissa Bowley, wife of the deceased, awaits a renewed spate of questions during a hearing, on whether a judge should dissolve or modify his injunction preventing the release of Mabil's remains until an independent autopsy could be conducted, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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The body of a Mississippi man will remain in state hands as police investigate his death, judge says

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG MICHAEL GOLDBERG - Associated Press/Report for America
Tue,04/30/24-5:03PM, 173 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The body of a Mississippi man who was found dead after vanishing under mysterious circumstances will not be released to family members until law enforcement agencies finish investigating the case, a state judge said Tuesday.
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Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves is surrounded by legislative supporters after signing a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing on girls' or women's sports teams on March 11, 2021, at the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Mississippi House and Senate negotiators quietly killed two bills that would have further restricted recognition of transgender people by limiting which bathrooms they could use in public buildings and by specifying that "there are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female." (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi lawmakers quietly kill bills to restrict legal recognition of transgender people

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Tue,04/30/24-4:23PM, 71 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led Legislature will not take final votes on two bills that attempted to restrict legal recognition of transgender people.
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