Statewide News
Laura Hipp Mayer Announced as IHL Assistant Commissioner for External Relations
Laura Hipp Mayer has been named Assistant Commissioner for External Relations for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning. In this role, Hipp Mayer will provide strategic leadership in...
Gov. Tate Reeves appoints Bill Cork to lead state economic development agency
by Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today December 14, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves has appointed Bill Cork as the new executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority, the state’s economic development...
Brett Favre interrogated in Hattiesburg about welfare funding
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today December 12, 2023 Attorneys interrogated former NFL quarterback Brett Favre about his involvement in the Mississippi welfare scandal for about eight hours Monday....
MSDH Announces New Communications Leadership Team
The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is excited to announce a new leadership team in the Office of Communications with the additions of Lauren Hegwood and Greg Flynn. Hegwood will serve...
INSURANCE FRAUD AFFECTS EVERYONE
By Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney I recently read that more than $308 billion is stolen through insurance fraud every year and that if you stacked up those dollar bills, they would...
Falling short: 99% of Mississippi nursing homes don’t meet new staffing regs
by Sophia Paffenroth, Mississippi Today December 13, 2023 Viometrice Simmons remembers when she first fell in love with nursing. She was about 5 years old, sitting on the porch of her childhood home...
