Statewide News
Speaker Jason White says public school funding reform is on the table
by Julia James, Mississippi Today January 3, 2024 House Speaker Jason White, in his first public speech after being elected on Tuesday, proposed reforming Mississippi’s public school funding formula...
AG Lynn Fitch Files Unsealed, Amended Complaint in Ongoing Lawsuit Against Meta for Harming Youth Mental Health
Attorney General Lynn Fitch today filed an amended, unsealed complaint in the Chancery Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County against Meta alleging that the company knowingly designed...
Dean Kirby elected to second term as Senate’s second-in-command
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today January 2, 2024 Sen. Dean Kirby, a Republican from Pearl, will serve another four-year term as “the senators’ senator.” Kirby, who was first elected to the...
Newly-elected Speaker Jason White pleads with House colleagues to keep an open mind, work across political lines
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today January 2, 2024 Republican Rep. Jason White of West won the election on Tuesday to become the new speaker of the House of Representatives, ushering in a new...
Raising Our Labor Force Participation Rate Should Be Our No. 1 Priority
By Delbert Hosemann Several years ago, in preparation to work for you as Lt. Governor, we visited with a Mississippi university economist to discuss the economic challenges and opportunities facing...
Jason White Elected Mississippi’s 62nd Speaker of the House
On January 2, 2024 and the first day of the new year’s Legislative Session, the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state’s 62nd Speaker of the House. In a unanimous...