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 more than a year refused to endorse the idea, recently announced he would...
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 heritage and importance of native plants for clean air, water and soil...
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 public education and make changes to the state’s school funding...
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 officer for 26 years. After taxes, she takes home about $28,000....
‘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 increasingly missing one critical piece of their staff: Nurses. Many of...
With the federal government ending the continuous Medicaid coverage requirement on March 31, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (DOM) is notifying Medicaid members that eligibility renewals will begin on April 1. DOM urges all Medicaid members to make sure their...
