Hunter-gatherer. Political reporter Mississippi Today. [email protected]
Jackson, Miss.
Joined November 2011
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House Speaker Jason White and his staff went on a trip to the Super Bowl that was paid for, at least in part, by DraftKings, one of the nation’s highest-grossing gaming companies that has invested heavily in lobbying for legal online betting. mississippitoday.org/2025/04…
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Good luck topping this banger:
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For the fourth straight year, the Legislature will let a proposal to revive the ballot initiative die. Mississippians still have no way to change laws or the state Constitution directly.
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Catch up with the latest from the Mississippi legislative session with our weekly recap from the politics team.
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A Mississippi Today investigation shows that more than $7 million in state taxpayer dollars have flowed to neighborhoods where powerful Rep. Trey Lamar owns homes — both in his home Tate County and in Jackson.
Here's a summary of our findings.
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Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has met with legislative leadership about making his position appointed instead of elected.
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Mississippi’s plan to spend $1.2 billion in federal money to expand broadband internet access statewide has received approval from the Biden administration.
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Auditor Shad White published a book praising himself and his staff for uncovering massive welfare fraud.
But two fellow Republican officials are blasting the tome as "lies, rumors, innuendo and fiction."
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Side hustles, hiring relatives, staying out of jail: Here's a look at recent requests for Mississippi Ethics Commission advisory opinions from public servants.
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On this episode of The Other Side, Senate Elections Chairman Jeremy England tells Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance that he plans again in the 2025 legislative session to push for in-person early voting and for campaign finance reform.
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Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Mike Randolph said the state's savings from drug intervention courts in incarceration costs from 2006 through April of this year are approaching $1 billion.
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In Mississippi, the pandemic exacerbated the problem of absenteeism in K-12 schools.
Read about the issue and what educators had to say in my first story as an intern for @MSTODAYnews ⬇️
At many schools, more than a third of all students are missing 18 days a year or more.
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House Rules Chairman @FredShanks says he will consider legislation next year that would replace Mississippi's two statues of Confederate leaders at the U.S. Capitol. This is the most significant movement to date from GOP leadership to replace the statues.
House Rules Chairman Fred Shanks will likely consider legislation next year that would replace Mississippi’s two statues of Confederate leaders at the U.S. Capitol.
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Summer intern Simeon Gates wrote about the law passed in response to wait times & the potentially dangerous consequences.
One bill advocate was a woman I spoke with last year who waited 90 minutes for an ambulance for a family member who had a stroke.
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Beginning July 1, when a county or city's main ambulance service can not respond to a 911 call, another provider can.
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Analysis: With an attorney general who says she can't enforce campaign finance laws and a Legislature unwilling to strengthen them, Mississippi government is extra susceptible to the influence of secretive big-money special interests.
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'Flags In' tradition underway at Arlington National Cemetery. Members of Old Guard place American flags one boot-length from the headstone's base. 260,000 flags are being placed before cemetery opens. @WTOP
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House Speaker Jason White said he would like to see the state’s 7% grocery tax, the highest statewide tax of its kind in the nation, be cut at least in half as soon as possible.
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Although he remains opposed to Medicaid expansion, Gov. Tate Reeves' just-approved initiative would make expansion even more lucrative for Mississippi's struggling hospitals.
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"The residents of Mississippi have not been spared from paying for Medicaid expansion. They have been helping to fund it for over a decade through their federal tax dollars, but the money has been flowing into states like Arkansas and Louisiana..."
Dr. Joe Thompson, Arkansas’ former surgeon general under Republican and Democratic governors, explains how his state's Medicaid expansion program could be a model for Mississippi.
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