by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today October 5, 2023 The possibility of temporarily pausing or reducing the annual 3% cost of living increase Mississippi’s state and local government retirees receive was discussed recently by legislative leaders. The discussions came...
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today October 4, 2023 Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre is set to give sworn testimony in the ongoing welfare fraud civil suit at the end of this month. But both Favre and the Mississippi Department of Human Services, which is suing the...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 5, 2023 An error made in the Senate Appropriations Committee and passed into law earlier this year is keeping most Mississippi hospitals from accessing $103 million intended to help keep their doors open. The Mississippi...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today October 3, 2023 Months after the Legislature passed a law directing millions to Mississippi’s struggling hospitals, not one has received that money, and far fewer than predicted will receive any money at all. That’s because lawmakers...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today October 2, 2023 Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Michael Watson said he’s cut red tape for businesses, worked with lawmakers to make elections more secure and will push for major campaign finance reform if reelected....
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 29, 2023 The entire U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will rule, again, on whether Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies is unconstitutional. The decision of the 5th Circuit to hear...
