By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Senate passed a strike-all amendment earlier this week to a House bill in an effort to revive its reforms to the Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS. The Senate amendment places language from its...
By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tibune Earlier this year, a group of one hundred prominent businessmen and women, representing some of the largest, most successful employers in the state, asked the Legislature to pass a comprehensive universal school choice...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Both chambers in the Mississippi Legislature have agreed to minor changes to the state’s medical cannabis program this session. The House concurred with the Senate’s changes to HB 895 this week. Under the amended...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) will premiere the first season of its new original series, “Southern Dish,” on April 2. The series explores the people and traditions behind Mississippi’s most celebrated expression of culture – food....
By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune “This is not PBM reform. It’s a tax increase on every Mississippian.” That’s how one of Mississippi’s largest employers summed up the Senate’s changes to HB 1665 in a conversation with Magnolia Tribune on Wednesday. Two...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The Senate passed a strike-all amendment to a House bill that would create a third bucket for educational tax credits solely for special purpose schools under the Children’s Promise Act. HB 1944, as it was amended...
