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Mississippi could become final state with equal pay law

Cassandra Welchlin, co-convener and state lead of the Mississippi Black Women's Roundtable, speaks at a news conference in Jackson, Monday, March 14, 2022, to promote a proposal to let mothers keep Medicaid coverage for a year after giving birth. Advocates for low-income women say longer coverage by the government health insurance program could reduce Mississippi's high rate of maternal mortality. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Rep. Angela Cockerham, I-Magnolia, listens as Mississippi's revenue estimate is discussed during a meeting of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Sen. Angela Turner Ford, D-West Point, left, listens to Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, discuss legislation, in the Senate Chamber, Monday, March 28, 2022, at the Mississippi Capitol in Jackson. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi could become final state with equal pay law