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Supreme Court seems open to age checks for online porn, though some free-speech questions remain
Mississippi is among more than a dozen states with laws aimed at blocking young children and teenagers from viewing pornography. The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing those laws.
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Here are the issues the Legislature will address during the 2025 session
This will be the second year of the ongoing four-year term, and lawmakers are expected to address a raft of issues including tax cuts and shoring up the state’s public retirement system.
Medicaid expansion: What are its chances in 2025?
A work requirement is more likely to be approved by the federal government this year than last, since President-elect Donald Trump will be in office and approved work requirements in his last term.
Legislature will have to address judicial, legislative redistricting next year
Mississippi lawmakers next year will have to put together two complex jigsaw puzzles when they gather under the Capitol dome for their 2025 session. State lawmakers will be required to redraw Mississippi’s 23 Circuit Court and 20 Chancery Court districts and comply with a federal court order to redraw some of their own legislative districts,…
Podcast: Former auditor recalls his (authorized) government spending study
Former Auditor Steve Patterson joins Mississippi Today’s Adam Ganucheau, Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender to discuss a government waste study he conducted in the 1990s. Patterson draws contrasts between his 1990s study, which was legally authorized by the Legislature, and a highly scrutinized 2024 study from current Auditor Shad White, who did not get legislative…
Health department’s budget request prioritizes training doctors, increasing health insurance coverage
The agency tasked with overseeing public health in the state is asking for $4.8 million in additional state funding.
Podcast: Ray Higgins: PERS needs both extra cash and benefit changes for future employees
Mississippi Today’s Bobby Harrison talks with Ray Higgins, executive director of the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System, about proposed changes in pension benefits for future employees and what is needed to protect the system for current employees and retirees. Higgins also stresses the importance of the massive system to the Mississippi economy.
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