by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 After months of inaction on claims of widespread campaign finance violations this election cycle, Attorney General Lynn Fitch says she’s investigating a PAC run by lieutenant governor candidate Chris...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 4, 2023 A three-judge panel of the United States 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting for people convicted of certain felonies, saying it is unconstitutional because it inflicts...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 3, 2023 In 2013, then-state Rep. Andy Gipson, R-Braxton, said he opposed Mississippi expanding Medicaid because there was no guarantee the federal government would continue to pay for the program. “Knowing that the...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 3, 2023 Republican Gov. Tate Reeves at the Neshoba County Fair gave conflicting answers to reporters on how seriously he views Mississippi’s worsening hospital crisis and what he’s proposing to fix the problem. Reeves,...
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today August 3, 2023 Republican Gov. Tate Reeves on Thursday released a new TV commercial labeling a Tuesday ad from Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brandon Presley as “100% false.” Presley’s Tuesday ad claimed that while Reeves has...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today August 2, 2023 U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson of Bolton, who chaired a special committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results, said the criminal indictment Tuesday of...