Though it looked promising from the start, here's the story of how the legislative effort to expand Medicaid in Mississippi failed.

The Mississippi Legislature completed its work for the 2024 session on Friday with the passage of a $7 billion state budget – 5.8% larger than the budget it passed last year.

Medgar Evers, assassinated 60 years ago, will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor.

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Senate Republicans appeared receptive to a Medicaid expansion proposal from the House Democratic leader on Thursday morning.

Expansion brought months of intense debate at the Capitol and scores of rallies urging lawmakers to adopt Medicaid expansion.

The Mississippi Supreme Court in a 7-2 ruling found that Parents for Public Schools does not have legal standing to challenge ...

Counter-protestors vastly outnumbered the Free Palestine demonstrators at Ole Miss in first such campus protest in ...

Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today ...

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Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today ...

After struggling to find a Medicaid expansion compromise with the Senate, House Republicans proposed placing the issue on the ...