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Report details Coast ‘sunny day’ flood threats through 2100
Wastewater treatment plants and affordable housing units may be some of the first places to see frequent “sunny day” flooding in Mississippi, according to a report released Tuesday from the Union of Concerned Scientists that spanned every coastal state from Maine to Washington. The report identified over 6,000...
Podcast: Chris Harris of the Mississippi Braves joins the pod.
About the day the ‘Say Hey Kid’ faced a Mississippi legend named Boo. Republish our articles for free, online or in print, under a Creative Commons license. Rick Cleveland, a native of Hattiesburg and resident of Jackson, has been Mississippi Today’s sports columnist since 2016. A graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor’s in journalism, Rick has worked for the Monroe (La.) News Star World, Jackson Daily News and Clarion Ledger. He was sports editor of Hattiesburg American, executive director of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame. His work as a syndicated columnist and celebrated sports writer has appeared in numerous magazines, periodicals and newspapers.
Over 110,000 Mississippi children lost Medicaid coverage in the past year
Over 150,000 Mississippians have lost health care coverage in the year after the Medicaid “unwinding” process began. Many are kids, who account for about half of the state’s total Medicaid recipients. In June of 2023, the number of covered children peaked at 456,314. By May, the rolls fell by more than 110,000 to 344,517.
Lt. Gov. Hosemann announces task forces to improve workforce, help women and children
Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann announced the creation of two Senate study committees – one new group and the other task force reinstituted from 2022. Hosemann, who presides over the Senate, announced a Labor Force Participation Study Group. That committee, chaired by second term Sen. Daniel Sparks, R-Belmont, will look at the issue of Mississippi continuing to have a lower percentage of people 16 and older in the workforce than any state in the nation.
Broadband expansion in Mississippi continues with $70.9 million in grants
In the latest push to expand broadband access in Mississippi, internet service providers across the state will receive $70.9 million in grants for infrastructure projects. This first round of grants is expected to expand access to 26,500 homes across 19 counties. More grants will be announced throughout the summer and into the fall.
Mississippi’s sodomy law cost taxpayers nearly half a million dollars, but it remains on the books
Mississippi coughed up more than $400,000 this year to attorneys who sued the state over an unconstitutional sodomy law that criminalizes oral and anal sex, and if a similar suit is filed in the future, it could pay even more money. The Legislature appropriated and paid the fees to civil...
Cheikh Taylor fends off challenger, wins full term as state Democratic Party chairman
Taylor was named chairman last year after the ouster of Tyree Irving over emails he sent to national Democratic Party officials. The post Cheikh Taylor fends off challenger, wins full term as state Democratic Party chairman appeared first on Mississippi Today.
Marshall Ramsey: Buttigieg’s Visit
Marshall Ramsey, a nationally recognized editorial cartoonist, shares his cartoons and travels the state as Mississippi Today’s Editor-At-Large. He’s also host of a weekly statewide radio program and a television program on Mississippi Public Broadcasting and is the author of several books. Marshall is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and a 2019 recipient of the University of Tennessee Alumni Professional Achievement Award.
New Mississippi law makes ASL a foreign language credit
American Sign Language will count as a foreign language credit in Mississippi high schools, under a law that goes into effect July 1. The force behind Senate Bill 2339 is Pearl Rver County high school teacher Miranda Loveless. Loveless teaches art and ASL at Pearl River Central High School. She fell in love with ASL as a teenager, which led her to becoming a special education teacher.
About the day the ‘Say Hey Kid’ faced a Mississippi legend named Boo
So many wonderful stories have come back to life since the death of baseball great Willie Mays on June 18. Here’s one more involving, in my opinion, the greatest baseball man in Mississippi history. This happened in May of 1952. Pitcher Boo Ferriss, a Shaw native who had won...
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign claimed it was on the November ballot in Mississippi. It was wrong
Despite its statement to the contrary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s We the People party does not qualify for the ballot in Mississippi, at least not yet. The party sent out a press release on June 17 claiming otherwise. Shortly after that went out, the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office...
Podcast: Mississippi GOP Chairman Mike Hurst talks elections, party platform
New Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Mike Hurst talks with Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance about November 2024 and 2027 elections, Medicaid expansion and party platform and why state Republicans should celebrate Juneteenth. listen to more episodes. by Bobby Harrison and Geoff Pender June 17, 2024. by Bobby...
An independent path might be easiest if Thomas Duff runs for governor
Billionaire businessman Thomas Duff of Hattiesburg might be the ideal person to challenge Mississippi’s two-party political system. Reporting by Mississippi Today’s Geoff Pender revealed that Duff is seriously contemplating running in 2027 as a Republican for the open seat of governor. But what if Duff chose the radical...
On this day in 1909
Esteemed choreographer, activist and educator Katherine Dunham was born in Joliet, Illinois. For more than 30 years, she directed the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, the only self-supported black dance company in America at the time. She was often called the “Mother of Black Dance.” In the 1940s, Dunham’s troupe traveled...
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