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Adam Ganucheau has covered politics and state government for Mississippi Today since February 2016. A native of Hazlehurst, Adam has worked as a staff reporter for AL.com, The Birmingham News and The Clarion-Ledger and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Adam earned his bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Mississippi and was a 2016 finalist for the Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) Breaking News Investigations. He is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters & Editors and Leadership Greater Jackson.
Mimmo Parisi, a research center director and professor at Mississippi State University, takes otherwise confidential data from various state agencies about Mississippi residents to help Republican leaders shape public policy.
In addition to garnering support from old guard Republican leaders, former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller has hired on seasoned veterans who have worked on campaigns for Gov. Phil Bryant and U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde Smith
Terry Reeves, the father of Mississippi’s powerful lieutenant governor now vying for the state’s top job, gave his son’s early political career a financial boost when few others believed in him
Mississippi Today’s politics team takes questions from listeners about the 2019 statewide elections and legislative session
Lieutenant governor, a third candidate vying to win the GOP primary in August, cited obligations of the legislative session that ended earlier than expected on March 29.
Joyce Helmick, president of Mississippi Association of Educators, talks about how controversial education measures could inspire a massive voting bloc of teachers to sway 2019 elections.
John Chappell, a senior at the University of Mississippi, performed initial research that set in motion a series of events that could end with the Legislature redrawing a state Senate district to meet the standards of the Voting Rights Act
Mississippi Today’s politics team gives an update near the end of the 2019 legislative session.
University of Mississippi needs the boards of trustees at both the IHL and Department of Archives and History to OK the relocation.
Now that the Senate has passed the resolution, the House could make Mississippi the 15th state legislature to ask for an unprecedented constitutional convention of the states.
Lieutenant governor’s office says with the Legislature in session, timing wasn’t right. April 2 debate at MSU will feature Rep. Robert Foster and former Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr.
While black women are the lifeblood of the Democratic Party, white men are its leaders.
Jim Hood says lawmakers shouldn’t be exempt from public records law, but legislators fear making communications and emails available to the public would have a “chilling effect on the legislative process.”
Williams sat down with Mississippi Today to discuss her campaign and the politics of 2019.
Robert Foster, one of three Republican candidates for governor, joins Mississippi Today reporters to talk about his candidacy.