Though this represents a significant decline in children covered, it’s more than were covered before continuous enrollment began.
Lt. Gov. Hosemann announces task forces to improve workforce, help women and children
Hosemann and others have said that the low workforce participation rate is a primary reason Mississippi lags the rest of the nation economically.
Broadband expansion in Mississippi continues with $70.9 million in grants
Internet service providers across Mississippis will receive $70.9 million in grants to bring broadband access to 26,500 homes.
On this day in 1933
On this day in 1933, James Meredith, the first know Black student at the University of Mississippi, was born in Kosciusko.
Mississippi’s sodomy law cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars, but it remains on the books
Lawmakers this session killed a bill that would have repealed the state’s antiquated law.
Cheikh Taylor fends off challenger, wins full term as state Democratic Party chairman
Taylor was named chairman last year after the ouster of Tyree Irving over emails he sent to national Democratic Party officials.
New Mississippi law makes ASL a foreign language credit
Beginning July 1, American Sign Language will count as a foreign language credit in Mississippi high schools.
About the day the ‘Say Hey Kid’ faced a Mississippi legend named Boo
Mississippi native Boo Ferriss, who was coaching pitchers for Class AA Louisville, crossed paths with baseball great Willie Mays in 1952.
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign claimed it was on the November ballot in Mississippi. It was wrong
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s We the People party has more paperwork to submit before qualifying to be on Mississippi’s ballot.
On this day in 1964
On this day in 1964, 30 Freedom Summer workers from Greenville, Mississippi, made the first effort to register Black voters in Drew.
Podcast: Mississippi GOP Chairman Mike Hurst talks elections, party platform
New Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst talks with Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance about November 2024 and 2027 elections, Medicaid expansion and party platform and why state Republicans should celebrate Juneteenth.
On this day in 1963
On this day in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. led a massive march, joined by as many as 125,000, in Detroit.