by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today March 21, 2023 A bill passed unanimously by the Legislature is expected to bring some reform to Mississippi’s long-troubled mental health care system, which often strands people with mental health issues in jail with long...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today March 20, 2023 Domestic violence advocates say Mississippi lawmakers have missed an opportunity to pass legislation aimed to help survivors, such as the creation of domestic abuse courts geared to their needs. “In order to fix your...
by Sara DiNatale, Mississippi Today March 20, 2023 The Legislature has approved changes to Mississippi’s cannabis law that will limit the information available to the public about businesses’ citation records and will attempt to crack down on inconsistencies from the...
by Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today March 20, 2023 Last year, when it was Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann’s turn to run the Legislative Budget Committee, House Speaker Philip Gunn was anxious to raise the state’s revenue estimate to grease the skids for...
by Anna Wolfe, Mississippi Today March 17, 2023 Federal authorities in Mississippi have added another defendant to their witness list in their prosecution of the still unfolding welfare scandal: Christi Webb, former director of the nonprofit Family Resource Center of...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today March 19, 2023 To quote baseball legend Yogi Berra, the 2023 gubernatorial election could be “deja vu all over again.” In the 2019 election, Republican Tate Reeves opposed expanding Medicaid while Democrat Jim Hood...
