‘A matter of life and death:’ Hundreds rally at Capitol for full Medicaid expansion 

Charles and Cheryl Penson shuffled up the steps of a bus in Tupelo at 4 a.m. on Tuesday to begin a long day’s trek to the state Capitol The reason the Pensons, both of whom are ministers, traveled over three hours to the seat of Mississippi’s government is they know several people in rural northeast Mississippi, including one of their own daughters, who could benefit from expanded Medicaid coverage. Their daughter is a businesswoman and a single mother, they said, who work