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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Thursday April 25, 2024 ( 2 items )  

CAIR Condemns Mississippi's 'Racist and White Supremacist' Confederate Memorial Day
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the scheduled celebration as an official state holiday in Mississippi of Confederate Memorial Day, honoring the racist and white supremacist legacy of the Confederacy. Confederacy Confederate Memorial Day is celebrated in Mississippi on the last  more

Susan G. Komen: Statement on Passage of Critical Breast Health Legislation in Mississippi
JACKSON, Mississippi, April 25 -- Susan G. Komen, an organization that says it addresses breast cancer on fronts such as research, community health, global outreach and public policy initiatives, issued the following statement on April 24, 2024: * * * Susan G. Komen(R), the world's leading breast cancer organization, today issued the following statement on the passage of two critical breast health bills in Mississippi. The first removes patient cost for diagnostic and supplemental imaging, a c  more