Statewide News
Auditor’s proposal to defund some college majors catches fire online, but are lawmakers interested?
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today September 22, 2023 Buoyed by a series of tweets from State Auditor Shad White belittling certain liberal arts degrees as “garbage,” “useless” and “indoctrination...
Fact check: Did Gov. Reeves keep Mississippi ‘open for business’ during pandemic?
by Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance, Mississippi Today September 26, 2023 To hear Gov. Tate Reeves talk on the reelection trail, one would think that during COVID-19, he was a stalwart champion of...
Experts say Gov. Tate Reeves’ plan will help hospitals, but not uninsured Mississippians
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves, after months of inaction, has unveiled a plan he says will turn Mississippi’s health care crisis around. However, even some...
Mississippi Medical Association has not always been out front on state’s health care issues
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today September 24, 2023 In 2002, during the 83-day special session, the longest in state history, members of the Mississippi Medical Association were out in full...
Mississippi pharmacies fall short in providing opioid-reversal drug, study shows
by Pam Dankins, Mississippi Today September 25, 2023 Almost half of Mississippi pharmacists are not readily storing and selling naloxone, according to a study conducted by researchers at the...
Longtime head of Mississippi Hospital Association let go by board
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today September 22, 2023 As Gov. Tate Reeves announced his plan to save Mississippi’s rural hospitals, the state hospital association’s longtime leader prepared for his...