Plan would allow drug testing for some food stamp recipients
The Trump administration is considering a plan that would allow states to require certain food stamp recipients to undergo drug testing, handing a win to conservatives who’ve long sought ways to curb the safety net program.
Gov. Walker wants Wisconsin to drug test Medicaid applicants
Gov. Scott Walker wants to make Wisconsin the first state in the country to require able-bodied, childless adults applying for Medicaid health benefits to undergo drug screening, a move that could serve as a national model.
Charlie Mitchell: State’s plan to ‘help druggies’ has abysmal results
Last year Mississippi lawmakers insisted it was essential to start drug-testing welfare applicants.
Drug tests: 2 of 38 welfare applicants positive
During the first four months of Mississippi’s new welfare drug testing law, 3,656 people have applied for welfare, 38 of them have been tested for drugs and two tested positive.
No welfare cut for kids if parent tests for drugs
Mississippi children would not lose welfare if a parent’s benefits are cut off because of positive tests for illegal drugs, according to rules set by the state Department of Human Services.
Public speaks on Mississippi welfare drug tests
A Mississippi agency should be cautious in carrying out a new welfare drug-testing law and should not set administrative rules that could penalize an entire household for one person’s behavior, advocates for civil liberties and poor people told officials Tuesday.
Hearing set on Miss. welfare drug-testing law
The Mississippi Department of Human Services is holding a public hearing Tuesday to gather comments about a new welfare drug-testing law.
Governor signs welfare drug-testing bill
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a welfare drug-testing bill on Monday, requiring those who test positive to get treatment in order to get cash.
House passes welfare drug-testing bill
The Mississippi House engaged in a contentious four-hour debate Wednesday before voting largely along party lines to pass a bill that would require drug testing for some people applying for welfare.
Welfare drug testing bill advances to House
The Mississippi House is expected to vote Wednesday on a welfare drug testing bill that Republican Gov. Phil Bryant is pushing, weeks after a judge struck down a similar law in Florida.
13-year-old Amory student’s drug-testing lawsuit settled
The Amory school system and parents of a 13-year-old have settled a lawsuit over a student drug testing.
Gov. Bryant pushing welfare drug testing
Republican Phil Bryant is starting his third year as Mississippi governor, and he says he wants to make public safety the top focus of the 2014 legislative session, which begins at noon Tuesday. He wants to train more state troopers and create “strike force” groups to help local law enforcement officers in areas where mayors or county supervisors say there are problems with gangs, drugs or violent crime.
Drug testing considered for Lowndes County Schools
Randomly drug testing students is preventative, not punitive, Jerome Nettles, of Advanced Screening Solutions, said Friday, asking the Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees to consider on-site drug testing at schools.
Lowndes County schools discuss drug testing and security
An upgraded security camera system and random drug testing will be considered by the county school system during Friday’s board meeting.