by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 25, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves’ partial veto of five projects totaling $3.9 million in a larger bill containing hundreds of projects costing about $372 million appears to have come with a warning. The warning is that any legal...
By Shad White Recently, my office instructed Mississippi universities to report how much they are spending on so-called “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” (DEI) programs. That was enough to send liberal columnist Bill Crawford into a tailspin. Crawford claims I’m on a...
On April 18, a federal judge ordered the Mississippi State Department of Health to develop a policy that allows for religious exemptions for required childhood vaccinations for school entry. This action undermines our state’s record of public health success in...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today April 25, 2023 Mississippi’s struggling rural hospitals haven’t improved their financial outlook much over the past quarter, a newly updated report shows. A report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform shows that...
April is designated Financial Capability Month. No matter how much or how little money you have, recovering from a disaster can be challenging and stressful. Preparing now makes rebuilding easier. “Banks, bankruptcy, and insolvency are in the news a lot lately,” said...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 23, 2023 Based on the budget passed hurriedly and with barely any debate in late March during the final days of the 2023 session, legislators apparently were saying all of the state’s problems had been solved. They were...
