Statewide News
Save Our Service Member Task Force hears the importance of mental health aid, chaplains
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Legislators on the Mississippi Save Our Service Member Task Force heard Monday of the importance of having someone to talk to when dealing with...
Governor Reeves urges lawmakers to send the Mississippi Educational Freedom Program Act to his desk
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves (R) took to social media Tuesday afternoon to encourage lawmakers in the Mississippi House and Senate to send HB 2, the...
Proposals to ban school cell phone use back before Mississippi lawmakers
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune In the first week of the 2026 legislative session, four bills were filed to ban cell phone use in Mississippi public school classrooms. Two of...
Certificate of Need reform bill vetoed by Governor back before lawmakers
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A bill that would have revamped Mississippi’s certificate of need laws but was vetoed by the governor last year has been reintroduced in the House...
DNC files amicus brief in Mississippi mail-in ballot case before U.S. Supreme Court
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Democratic National Convention (DNC) has filed an amicus curiae brief ahead of the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of Watson v....
Tax filing season opens January 26
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Internal Revenue Service has set Monday, January 26 as the opening of the 2026 federal filing season. Several new tax law provisions of the One,...