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Larrison Campbell writes about politics and public health for Mississippi Today. Prior to returning to Mississippi, the Greenville native spent over a decade in New York and Los Angeles where she worked on shows at ABC, CBS, TBS and FX. A graduate of Wesleyan University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she received fellowships in public health reporting in 2018 from the National Press Foundation and in 2019 from the BCBS Foundation. She lives in Jackson with her son and daughter.
Guest, part of the biggest class of newcomers since 1933, says there are issues that aren’t highly partisan, police body cameras, military funding, agriculture and rural hospitals, where Democrats and Republicans can work together.
African American plaintiffs in the case said the Legislature drew the maps to dilute black voting strength
The House defied the wishes of a key committee chairwoman to send the bill to the Senate
The Warren County native say it’s a political act to record voices that history might forget
Heated debate raised issues of race, women’s rights, and fiscal responsibility. Now, the full House and Senate will vote on the measures.
New executive director of the Mississippi State Medical Association replaces Charmaine Kanosky overseeing the powerful lobbying organization for physicians.
Sen. Chad McMahan, R-Guntown, sponsored the measure in hopes of bringing some relief to county coroners
Many Washington Republicans previously insisted that any deal should include money to toughen the U.S.-Mexico border
Agency director says extra money needed for more caseworkers to appropriately monitor children in the system.
House Democrats propose dipping into the state’s rainy-day fund to keep the agency afloat during the partial federal government shutdown
Measure aimed at strengthening human trafficking laws, also gives CPS more authority to investigate cases of children who have been sexually exploited
The WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program for pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women as well as infants and children under five
As a majority of Mississippians now favor expansion, lieutenant governor says it’s not in taxpayers’ best interest
Senator says there is bipartisan support for a nationwide internet privacy policy
USDA worked with state to ensure funding for program that assists nearly 100,000 Mississippi women and children.