by Wendy Bailey, Executive Director, Mississippi Department of Mental Health In Mississippi, one of the most powerful forces preventing someone from seeking mental health treatment is stigma – the negative perceptions and misconceptions someone may have around a...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 23, 2023 The ink was barely dry on Gov. Tate Reeves’ signature of legislation designed to create a separate judicial and law enforcement district within the city of Jackson before the NAACP filed a lawsuit challenging the...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today April 18, 2023 Two weeks after being rejected by the Senate to serve as state superintendent, Robert Taylor defended his record of improving schools and said his nomination was manipulated into a political issue by Sen. Chris McDaniel...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today April 19, 2023 The United States Supreme Court has postponed for the eighth time this year a decision on whether to hear a case challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi provision enacted in 1890 with the intent of...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today April 19, 2023 Mississippi parents can opt out of vaccinating their children for school on account of religious beliefs, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Halil Sul Ozerden on Monday issued a preliminary injunction in a...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today April 18, 2023 Lieutenant governor candidate Chris McDaniel has reported returning legally questionable large donations from a Virginia dark-money nonprofit, and shutting down his PAC through which the donations flowed to his...
