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Mississippi state Rep. Missy McGee, R-Hattiesburg, speaks, Feb. 28, 2023, at the state Capitol in Jackson. McGee is supporting a proposal that would allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes in one of the poorest states in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

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Mississippi eyes quicker Medicaid coverage in pregnancy to try to reduce deaths of moms and babies
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press
Wed,01/31/24-5:05PM , 271 Reads
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could allow Medicaid coverage earlier in pregnancy in an effort to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in a poor state with the nation's worst rate of infant mortality.
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Editorial Roundup: Louisiana
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wed,01/31/24-2:35PM , 194 Reads
The Advocate. January 30, 2024.

Editorial: Louisiana abortion laws have real-world effects we cannot ignore

When the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization was handed down on June 24, 2022, activists on both sides of the abortion divide predicted what the future what look like.
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Missouri state Sen. Bill Eigel, a Republican member of the state Freedom Caucus, waives a paper containing criticisms of the Freedom Caucus that had been prepared by Republican Senate leaders for a press conference on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at the state Capitol in Jefferson City, Mo. Republican leaders had left the paper on a lectern which the Freedom Caucus then used for its own press conference. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

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Some Republican leaders are pushing back against the conservative Freedom Caucus in statehouses
By DAVID A. LIEB - Associated Press
Tue,01/30/24-11:26PM , 176 Reads
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — On the first day of Missouri's new legislative session, Senate President Pro Tem Caleb Rowden tried to cajole colleagues into congeniality with a rhetorical question: “Will we focus on principled progress or political pandemonium?”
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Louisiana man pleads guilty to 2021 gas station killing after Hurricane Ida
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Tue,01/30/24-4:08PM , 138 Reads
GRETNA, La. (AP) — A Louisiana man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the 2021 shooting death of another man during a dispute in a line at a suburban New Orleans gas station after Hurricane Ida.
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