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Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
No state has expanded Medicaid since the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill was put into law last year
Another legislative session, another year will pass without Mississippi expanding Medicaid to provide health care coverage for the working poor.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
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Mississippi is on track to increase spending on prisons for the coming fiscal year, a spike attributed to its medical care contract and rising payments to private prisons, according to a top budget writer for corrections in the state Legislature.
By Michael Goldberg - Mississippi Today on
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On April 10, 1925, the little-known writer F. Scott Fitzgerald quietly published a novel that went largely ignored. Despite letters of praise from esteemed writers like T.S. Eliot, Willa Cather, and Edith Wharton, "The Great Gatsby" was largely misunderstood and by the conclusion of the year had only sold around 20,000 copies. Even the stage adaptation and silent film, could not save the work from leaving the Twenties under the aegis of a "Jazz Age commercial failure."
By Mik Davis on
2 weeks 2 days ago
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The No. 3 Pearl River baseball team continued its scorching start to MACCC play Saturday afternoon, blasting seven home runs and piling up 26 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Northeast, 17-1 and 9-6.
Through four conference games, the Wildcats have scored 56 runs.
By Dylan Dunaway on
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BOONEVILLE, Miss. — After a week without playing, it would have been easy for No. 1 Pearl River softball to show some rust in its MACCC opener — but the Wildcats did just the opposite.
Pearl River went on the road Saturday and swept No. 19 Northeast, taking game one 6-3 before finishing off the Tigers with an 11-5 win in the nightcap.
By Dylan Dunaway on
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Rep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, speaks during the Prison Oversight Committee meeting at the Carroll Gartin Justice Building in Jackson on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths.
On Wednesday, the last day for action on bills originating from the other chamber, House Bill 1739 did not come up for a vote.
By Mina Corpuz - Mississippi Today on
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William Carey baseball dropped its weekend series to Faulkner University on Saturday evening at Milton Wheeler Field, falling 10–3 in game one before coming up just short in an 8–7 loss in the nightcap.
Faulkner broke a scoreless tie in the top of the third inning of game one. Anthory Bassett Torres singled and moved into scoring position on a pair of wild pitches before scoring on an RBI single by CJ Robertson to give the Eagles a 1–0 lead.
By Kevin Rosiere on
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A Hinds County Chancery judge on Wednesday ordered the Mississippi Division of Medicaid to temporarily stop collecting money owed by Greenwood Leflore Hospital after the hospital said resuming the recoupments would likely force the Delta hospital to close.
By Gwen Dilworth - Mississippi Today on
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A bill cleared the Legislature on Wednesday that would temporarily ease state approval requirements for rural hospitals, allowing them to add new services or make costly upgrades as lawmakers aim to help struggling facilities provide needed care and boost revenue.
By Gwen Dilworth - Mississippi Today on
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Officials tasked with selecting and naming the next Jackson State University president plan to choose three top candidates next week, March 19-20, and invite them to the campus for a second round of interviews in mid-April.
On Thursday, members of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning’s Board of Trustees, the Jackson State search advisory constituency and search firm consultants went into closed session to discuss semifinalists for first-round interviews. March 3 was the deadline to apply for the university’s top role.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
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St. Stanislaus star Max Baria, with ball, grabs a rebound over Booneville's Elijah Dukes during the Boys Class 3A semifinal game, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Max Baria, a 17-year-old high school senior from Bay St. Louis, is a good-looking, soft-spoken, highly intelligent young man, who emerged this basketball season as one of the best high school players in Mississippi.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
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“He will always be remembered as one who tried to get the races to come together,” said Constance Slaughter-Harvey.
Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
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Williamsburg, Ky. – The William Carey men's basketball season came to a close Friday night as the Crusaders fell 95–68 to Cumberlands (Ky.) in the second round of the NAIA National Championship.
By Kevin Rosiere on
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Corey Wiggins, federal co-chairman for the Delta Regional Authority, speaks during a U.S. Rural Prosperity Commission field hearing, hosted by Brookings and AEl, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Corey Wiggins, a Hazlehurst native and federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority, will be the next president of Tougaloo College effective July 1.
He will be the 15th president in the school’s 157-year-history, succeeding Donzell Lee.
Tougaloo’s Board of Trustees appointed Wiggins as president Friday after a yearlong national search.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 2 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Mattias Gugel:
Mississippians have the right to demand fairness and oppose discrimination. But in financial regulation fairness ultimately flows from clarity, not from multiplying regulators.
By Mattias Gugel - Magnolia Tribune on
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The company said Thursday that the collective bargaining agreement for union-represented shipbuilders provides historic wage growth of 35% to 47% through 2031.
All five union organizations at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula have now ratified new collective bargaining agreements with HII, following voting by their members. The new contract will run through March 8, 2031.
Employing more than 11,000 employees, Ingalls Shipbuilding is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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TIFTON, Ga. — The Carey softball team earned a split in Saturday's doubleheader against Abraham Baldwin, rolling to a 10–0 victory in the opener before dropping a tightly contested 2–1 decision in game two to close out its Georgia road swing.
Game One: Carey 10, Abraham Baldwin 0
By Kevin Rosiere on
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Springfield, Mo. – The William Carey women's basketball team saw its season come to an end Friday night, falling 74–72 to Shawnee State in the First Round of the NAIA National Championship at AG Financial Arena.
By Kevin Rosiere on
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Williamsburg, Ky. – William Carey erased a nine-point second-half deficit and survived a frantic finish to defeat Xavier University of Louisiana 88–87 Friday night in the First Round of the NAIA National Tournament.
By Kevin Rosiere on
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MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – The William Carey softball team opened SSAC play in impressive fashion Friday afternoon, sweeping Brewton-Parker in a doubleheader by scores of 5–0 and 4–1.
By Kevin Rosiere on
