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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Mississippi Newsletter for Friday March 08, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Cancer Action Network: New Poll Shows Most Republican Primary Voters Support Medicaid Expansion as Cancer Patients and Survivors Return to the Mississippi State Capitol to Rally Lawmakers
WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSres) -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release: Advocates urged state lawmakers to prioritize the passage of legislation that will improve access to care by expanding the state's access to health care, including cancer screenings and treatments. "Elected officials across the state must do more to support Mississippians caught in the coverage gap," said Kimberly Hughes, Mississippi government relations director for the America  more

Environmental Law and Policy Center: Conservation Groups Sue Federal Agencies for Approving Transmission Line to Cross Refuge
MADISON, Wisconsin, March 8 -- The Environmental Law and Policy Center issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, three state and national conservation groups filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Rural Utilities Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for violating federal laws by approving a land exchange that will allow Transmission Companies to bulldoze and construct a high-  more

Heritage Action Cheers Mississippi Senate's Ranked-Choice Voting Ban
WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Heritage Action for America issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * Heritage Action, a conservative grassroots organization with two million activists nationwide, including thousands of Mississippians, commended the Mississippi Senate for passing SB 2367 (https://www.legislature.ms.gov/calendars-and-schedules/senate-calendar/#:~:text=65.-,S.%20B.,voting%3B%20prohibit%20in%20Mississippi%20elections), legislation that strengthens election integrity in the st  more

Vet Voice Foundation, Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans Defend Against Lawsuit Threatening to Disenfranchise Mississippi Voters
GULFPORT, Mississippi, March 8 -- Vet Voice Foundation issued the following news release: On March 4, the Vet Voice Foundation and the Mississippi Alliance for Retired Americans were granted intervention in a dangerous new lawsuit in which the Republican National Committee and others seek a court order that would invalidate a Mississippi law that ensures that absentee voters who put their ballots in the mail by election day are not disenfranchised by mail delays out of their control. The law wa  more