Lawmakers in Mississippi will convene for a special session within the session to finalize a $10 billion economic development project in Madison County. The special session will begin on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Gov. Tate Reeves is calling on Republicans and Democrats in both chambers to appropriate $44 million to...
STARKVILLE – After the 2023 statewide elections — in which the fiscal plight of Mississippi’s hospitals and the working poor populations many of them serve were front and center issues
Governor Tate Reeves is calling a special legislative session to finalize what he says will be the second-largest corporate capital investment in state history. The $1.9 billion project, located at the Chickasaw Trails Industrial Site in Marshall County, is expected to create 2,000 jobs with an average annual salary of...
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - The Mississippi Municipal League met at the Mississippi State Capitol on Wednesday to discuss changes to the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). PERS has quickly become one of the most pressing issue among Mississippi lawmakers and their state-employed constituents. Members of the Mississippi Municipal League shared their concerns with the most [...]
When the five-member Hinds County Election Commission failed to provide enough ballots to voters in the state’s most populous county last November, it created intense frustration with voters and mass