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State Auditor, AG investigating Centene on allegations it pocketed millions in taxpayer dollars

by Jerry Mitchell, Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

There have been no independent audits to determine if the for-profit Medicaid administrator Centene is helping health outcomes.

2021 Legislative Session

Medicaid coverage for postpartum likely to continue through year despite legislative inaction

by Bobby Harrison April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

Mississippi lawmakers allow for purchase of Sudafed, Claritin-D without prescription

by Will Stribling March 10, 2021March 10, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

Mississippians ages 50+ now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine

by Will Stribling March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

Gov. Tate Reeves ditches mask mandates, COVID-related business restrictions

by Will Stribling March 2, 2021March 4, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

Mississippi will receive shipments of newly approved COVID-19 vaccine this week

by Will Stribling March 2, 2021March 4, 2021

Could Indiana’s ‘conservative’ version of Medicaid expansion work for Mississippi?

by Brian Eason, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting February 24, 2021February 23, 2021

Nonprofits help uninsured Mississippians patch together health care services

by Debbie Skipper, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

Q&A with two Mississippi teens fighting period poverty in their communities

by Kayleigh Skinner February 17, 2021February 17, 2021

2021 Legislative Session

‘An unfair tax on women’: Bill targets Mississippi’s highest-in-nation tax on menstrual hygiene products

by Will Stribling February 17, 2021February 23, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

Faster-spreading COVID-19 variant found in Mississippi

by Alex Rozier February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

‘We’re failing minority communities’: Why Black Mississippians are receiving fewer COVID-19 vaccines than white Mississippians

by Alex Rozier February 11, 2021March 4, 2021

2021 Legislative Session

Cutting red tape or endangering people? House wants to deregulate nurse practitioners, massage therapists, optometrists

by Geoff Pender February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

I got a COVID-19 vaccine in Mississippi. Here’s what you can expect.

by Will Stribling February 4, 2021March 4, 2021

Coronavirus in Mississippi

Teachers and first responders next in line for vaccine, officials say, though timing is unclear

by Kate Royals February 3, 2021March 4, 2021