By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers created a new tier in the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System, or PERS, during the 2025 legislative session in an effort to gradually reduce its $26 billion unfunded liabilities and improve the...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Intoxicating substances derived from hemp will be illegal on the federal level next year, a move the Mississippi Legislature previously tried to put into motion but was unsuccessful in doing so. Each time related bills...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves released his required Fiscal Year 2027 Executive Budget Recommendation on Friday, outlining several priorities he wants lawmakers to consider as they begin crafting the next state budget....
The Mississippi Arts Commission is pleased to announce Walter Anderson Museum of Art, in partnership with Moss Point Main Street, and Heritage Guild of Vicksburg Warren County, in partnership with Vicksburg Main Street, as the two recipients of the new...
On Dec. 8, the Mississippi Development Authority will launch the Mississippi Homeowner Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Program, a federally funded initiative designed to assist low- and moderate-income homeowners whose properties were damaged or destroyed by...
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is recognizing Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Day, November 17, by responding to the Call to Action for the Elimination of Cervical Cancers and for decreasing all human papillomavirus-related (HPV) cancers....