Statewide News
Resolution filed to urge Mississippi to adopt a Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights
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...
House, Senate trade suffrage restoration bills in waning days of session
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...
First Pediatric Death Confirmed in ’25-26 Flu Season
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...
PBM reform dies as Speaker White calls for special session
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...
Lawmakers revive disaster loan program vetoed by governor
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...
Senate Democrat suing state over Mississippi Supreme Court map named by Hosemann to help redraw lines
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...