By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune State Rep. Rickey Thompson (D) has introduced a resolution in the Mississippi House of Representatives to “urge the State of Mississippi” to adopt a Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights. Thompson’s resolution, HR 152, says...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi House of Representatives passed 25 suffrage bills on to Senate, seeking to restore the right to vote to persons who have served their prison time and made retribution for crimes without further...
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has confirmed the first pediatric influenza death in Mississippi for the 2025-2026 flu season. A pediatric death is defined as the death of an individual under 18 years of age. The MSDH does not provide details...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Speaker Jason White (R) took to social media Thursday afternoon to say House leadership was allowing the Senate amended pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) reform bill to die at the evening deadline without concurring or...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Both the Mississippi House and Senate unanimously voted Thursday to revive the “Local Governments Disaster Recovery Emergency Loan Program Act” that was vetoed earlier this week by Governor Tate Reeves (R). The program...
By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune In 2025, U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock ruled decades’ old judicial district lines, used for the election of the Mississippi Supreme Court, violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. Among the plaintiffs in the suit...
