Statewide News
Southern Pine Students Attend ECM Youth Leadership Workshop
Four outstanding young women represented Southern Pine Electric at the Youth Leadership Workshop sponsored by Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi. Ruby Sage Rogers of Presbyterian High School,...
House sends extended postpartum Medicaid coverage to governor
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today The House on Tuesday sent Gov. Tate Reeves a bill to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage for new mothers in Mississippi from 60 days to a year. Reeves, who for...
April Designated as Native Plant Month in State of Mississippi
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson joined Governor Tate Reeves as he signed Senate Bill 2137 into law designating April as Mississippi Native Plant Month in order to preserve the...
Senate, Hosemann want to spend $181 million more to ‘fully fund’ public education in Mississippi
Senate, Hosemann want to spend $181 million more to ‘fully fund’ public education in Mississippi By Julia James Senate leaders announced Monday a plan to give an additional $181 million to K-12...
Lawmaker kills bill to raise truancy officer pay after it passed unanimously in the Senate
Lawmaker kills bill to raise truancy officer pay after it passed unanimously in the Senate by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today Terri Hill from Jones County has been working as a school attendance...
‘Leaving for greener pastures’: Mississippi’s nurse vacancy rates are their highest in at least a decade
‘Leaving for greener pastures’: Mississippi’s nurse vacancy rates are their highest in at least a decade by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today Amid continued risk of closures, Mississippi hospitals are...