🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Moms in Mississippi now face out-of-pocket costs of over $100 per session for breastfeeding help – and are calling on lawmakers and the state’s largest private insurer to step up. buff.ly/4fNJHmy

Democratic state Sen. David Jordan of Greenwood, who has championed voting rights, is stepping down from the office he has held since 1993. buff.ly/98YRZAS

Advocates who oppose the death penalty and are organizing to halt further executions in the state stood outside the Mississippi Supreme Court Wednesday to send a message to the justices and the attorney general: Stand down.  mississippitoday.org/2025/05/28/adv…

Residents of the town where the film "Sinners" is based will get to watch it alongside its director, Ryan Coogler, actor Miles Caton, and film composer Ludwig Göransson on May 29. buff.ly/jCvhgr8

On this day in 1980, Vernon Jordan survived an assassination attempt in Fort Wayne, Indiana, by a racist serial killer. buff.ly/T3ZDaxG

Rank-and-file Mississippi lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have complained in recent years that they are shut out of budget work and other big decisions and given little time to vet bills before they vote on them. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/28/tem…

Judge Henry Wingate will hear from Jackson citizens about rate hike proposal at next city water system hearing. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/29/fed…

The hotly contested race reflects what political observers and ward residents have known for years now: Northeast Jackson is not quite the “white Republican bastion” it once was. buff.ly/hBwmgcl

Some senators lamented setting a budget, controlling the state’s purse strings, is the domain of the Legislature, not the executive branch, and they bristled at the idea of Reeves having to fix problems through vetoes because the House left and refused further parlay.

Still developing: Senate leaders on Thursday realized improper spending of $1.9 million in the Health Department’s budget bill sent over by the House could jeopardize $1.2 billion in federal Medicaid money for Mississippi. mississippitoday.org/2025/05/29/hou…

Call me crazy, but I have an idea: Maybe, just maybe, it isn't the best idea to blow through a $7 billion budget at lightning speed and have a competition to see which chamber can pass all of its bills first.

On this day in 1965, Vivian Malone became the first Black graduate of the University of Alabama in its 134 years of existence. buff.ly/8IWmEk7

Lawmakers on Thursday finally passed a $7.1 billion state budget to fund government agencies, but it wasn’t a master class in legislative statesmanship.  buff.ly/T9g6d5j

State Sen. John Horhn leads in campaign spending, having doled out $200,000 since the beginning of the year. Rodney DePriest trailed with expenditures of $72,000. buff.ly/KV5txzH

Brown hopes that his persistence and dedication to creating safe spaces inspires others in Jackson to imagine what’s possible for their neighborhoods. buff.ly/qkgwckw

Director Ryan Coogler and other cast and crew members of the hit film "Sinners" visited Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is set, for a special screening. buff.ly/4Kof2aa

New from MT Ideas - Let Jamal Roberts’ victory be more than a celebration. When that same energy is directed toward policy and people, toward justice and equity, history can be made. buff.ly/yRticGy

Lexington residents ask federal appeals court to hear oral arguments on police abuse claims. buff.ly/2DpQsYH

The two legislative leaders outlined priorities for 2026 after a contentious special session required because the House and Senate could not pass a budget during regular session. buff.ly/v8mmxvP

On this day in 1921, the Tulsa race massacre left as many as 300 dead and 10,000 homeless. buff.ly/m20V6ZT