Roger Wicker picks up Trump endorsement amid re-election bid
Election season continues to ramp up in Mississippi and one federal leader has landed a major endorsement just under two weeks before the state holds...
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Gov. Reeves concerned prior authorization bill will up premiums for state employees
A bill to reform Mississippi’s prior authorization process will go into law without the signature of Gov. Tate Reeves. The Republican governor made a lengthy...
Lawmakers pass bill expanding ambulatory prenatal care for pregnant women
by Caleb Salers
As Mississippi continues to face high infant and maternal mortality rates, lawmakers have passed legislation that would seemingly take the state one step closer to...
Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith blocks legislation protecting IVF access
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would protect access to in vitro fertilization, objecting to a vote on the issue Wednesday even...
Mississippi House makes history with Medicaid expansion bill that now awaits Senate’s approval
Lawmakers in the Republican-heavy Mississippi House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday to expand Medicaid with a work requirement tentatively in place. The Healthy...
Chaney: Mitigation program would save money, property, and lives
by Mike Chaney
One of the top complaints I receive as Commissioner of Insurance is regarding the rate increases policyholders are seeing in this difficult market. I am...
Longtime Mississippi RNC member looks to block total Trump takeover until primary is officially over
by Caleb Salers
As presidential primary season continues to ramp up on the Republican ticket, one party leader is offering two proposals to keep the GOP from becoming...
Attorneys argue over whether Mississippi legislative maps dilute Black voting power
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators diluted the power of Black voters by drawing too few majority-Black state House and Senate districts after the most...
Gov. Reeves ignores Medicaid expansion and focuses on jobs in State of the State
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Republican Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said he intentionally avoided hot-button issues and political conflict in his State of the State speech...
Mississippi joins 21 GOP states in urging Biden admin to take action after 85,000 migrant children reported missing
by Caleb Salers
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has joined 21 other state attorneys in urging federal leaders to take action after reports show that large numbers of...