Long-delayed, state-appointed court opens in Mississippi’s capital city
More than a year after a state-appointed court in Jackson became law and lawsuits were dismissed challenging its appointments and other powers, the Capitol Complex Improvement District Court is now in business.
Mississippi House passes pharmacy benefit manager transparency bill
A bill that aims to increase pharmacy benefit managers’ transparency by requiring them to report data to the agency that oversees pharmacy practice in Mississippi passed in the House of Representatives Thursday.
Mississippi bill to revise law for low-income pregnant women passes first legislative hurdle
Low-income women in Mississippi would be able to access free prenatal care faster under a bill that passed the House Medicaid committee Wednesday.
With EPA support, the Corps is moving forward with flood relief project for Mississippi Delta
Barring any legal challenge, it appears the South Delta is finally getting its pumps.
Mississippi House passes $1.1 billion income tax elimination-gas and sales tax increase plan
A bill that phases out the state income tax, cuts the state grocery tax and raises sales taxes and gasoline taxes passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote on Thursday.
Mississippi city rejects proposal for indicted mayor to ‘step aside’ amid bribery investigation
A resolution calling for Jackson Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba to take a leave of absence following an indictment on federal bribery charges failed after the Jackson City Council rejected it on Tuesday.
Mississippi House set to vote this week on income tax elimination-gas tax increase plan
A House committee passed a major tax cut plan on Tuesday evening that would eventually abolish the state income tax, reduce taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and provide more money for road work.
Younger named Senate Highways and Transportation chair
Columbus native Chuck Younger has been named the chair of the state Senate’s Highways and Transportation Committee.
A north Mississippi police officer has been suspended without pay after a chase that led to 3 deaths
A north Mississippi police officer whose pursuit ended in a crash that killed three people has been suspended from duty without pay.
Proposal: Eliminate income tax, add 5% tax on gas, allow cities, counties to levy local sales tax
House leaders on Friday unveiled a sweeping tax cut proposal that would eventually abolish the state income tax, slash taxes on groceries, increase local sales taxes and shore up funds for state and local road work.
‘Embracing AI’: Mississippi governor mandates creating policies for using artificial intelligence
The Mississippi Department of Internet Technology Services will evaluate how state agencies use or plan to use artificial intelligence and will create policy recommendations for using AI in the public and private sectors under an executive order Gov. Tate Reeves issued on Wednesday.
Charges against men accused of shooting at Black FedEx driver dismissed
A Lincoln County judge on Monday dismissed all charges against two white men who prosecutors accused of shooting at D’Monterrio Gibson, a Black FedEx driver, while he was making deliveries in Brookhaven, Mississippi, in January 2022.
‘A real twisted animal’ in Holly Springs: What’s next for the spiraling power provider
April Guest remembered seeing the outline of her breath appear inside her Ashland home. During the nights after the 2023 winter ice storm hit north Mississippi, the 68-year-old bunkered down under a table she repurposed into a hut, walling off the cold with her blankets.
Health department’s budget request prioritizes training doctors, increasing health insurance coverage
New programs to train early-career doctors and help Mississippians enroll in health insurance are at the top of the state Department of Health’s budget wish list this year.
Civil rights icon James Meredith is honored in his Mississippi hometown
A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of James Meredith, honoring the Black man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962.
Woman is accused of fatally shooting estranged husband outside Mississippi courthouse amid divorce
The estranged wife of a Mississippi man is in custody after she allegedly shot and killed him outside a courthouse following the conclusion of divorce proceedings between the two, authorities said.
Rep. Bennie Thompson says he’s not intimidated by Trump jail threats
Mississippi’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson said he will not be intimidated by threats from President-elect Donald Trump that he and other members of the special House committee he chaired “should go to jail.”
AG Lynn Fitch says Auditor Shad White overstepped authority paying consultant $2M
At the request of a top lawmaker, Attorney General Lynn Fitch opined that state Auditor Shad White lacked the authority to hire a consultant for $2 million to look for waste and fat in state government.
Jury considers charges against man in killing of Ole Miss student
A judge twice urged jurors to keep deliberating Wednesday in the trial of a man charged in the killing of a University of Mississippi student who was well-known in the local LGBTQ+ community.
Clarke Reed, who helped Gerald Ford win the 1976 GOP nomination, has died at 96
Clarke Reed, a Mississippi businessman who developed the Republican Party in his home state and across the South starting in the 1960s, died Sunday at his home in Greenville, Mississippi.
