Medgar Evers to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Today, President Biden has named Medgar Evers as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Medgar Evers was born in 1925 into a farming family in Decatur,…
Mississippi State News
Medicaid expansion effort collapses in Mississippi Legislature
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 8:19 PM CDT, May 2, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Medicaid expansion efforts fizzled and died Thursday in Mississippi because top lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal to send to the House and Senate. This…
MBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Mendenhall
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting involving the Mendenhall Police Department that happened Thursday morning. A Mendenhall police officer was booking a subject on domestic violence charges at the police station when an altercation occurred between…
Medicaid expansion discussions could fall apart Mississippi
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 8:16 AM CDT, May 2, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The first serious effort by Mississippi’s Legislature to expand Medicaid appeared to be crumbling Thursday as leaders argued over whether to let voters decide the issue.…
News 25 heads to Jackson ahead of state legislature's adjournment
News 25's Ethan Krauss brings us the latest from the Capitol ahead of the state legislature's adjournment.
Mississippi lawmakers expected to vote on Medicaid expansion plan with work requirement
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are expected to vote this week on a proposal that would expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands more people, but it includes a work requirement that might not win federal approval.…
MBI investigating officer-involved shooting in Monroe County
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI) is investigating an officer involved shooting involving the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office that occurred on April 29th, 2024. Deputies with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call for service…
Mississippi Senate agrees to a new school funding formula, sending plan to the governor
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi would ditch a complex school funding formula that legislators have largely ignored since it became law a generation ago and replace it with a new plan that some lawmakers say is simpler…
Sister of Mississippi man who died after police pulled him from car rejects lawsuit settlement
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 7:33 PM CDT, April 24, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A woman who sued Mississippi’s capital city over the death of her brother has decided to reject a settlement after officials publicly disclosed how much the…
Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in the state. But even with Republicans controlling both the…
Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators advanced bills Monday to give voting rights back to 32 people convicted of felonies, weeks after a Senate leader killed a broader bill that would have restored suffrage to many more people with criminal…
Mississippi state budget is expected to grow slightly in the coming year
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Updated 1:20 PM CDT, April 8, 2024 JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Budget writers in the Mississippi Legislature will have slightly more money to spend during the coming year than they did in the current one. Top members…
Truman Scholar Travels Globe to Study Conservation
OXFORD, Miss. – From across the world, University of Mississippi biology major Christian Boudreaux received a life-changing Zoom call from Chancellor Glenn Boyce last week. Despite Zanzibar's spotty internet service, the message was clear: Boudreaux had won a coveted Truman Scholarship. The Harry…
The Mississippi Department of Public Safety announces the new director of the Department of Internal Affairs
JACKSON, Miss. - Today, Commissioner Sean Tindell announced the appointment of Patrick Beasley, who will be the Director of the newly created MSDPS Internal Affairs, Standards, and Professionalism. This division will consist of representatives from each sworn division that is…
Mississippi creates a PSA for those with cognitive disabilities
Mississippi is now the second state to have a PSA for people with cognitive disabilities after passing House Bill 873. The alert will be known as 'Purple Alert' an…
6 former Mississippi law officers sentenced in state court for torture of 2 Black men
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Already sentenced to many years in federal prison, six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to a long list of state and federal charges for torturing two Black men were sentenced…
MEMA Weather Update 1: One dead, one injured in April severe weather
PEARL, Miss. (MEMA) – The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is working with counties to assess damage from the severe weather beginning on April 9, 2024. There are reports of homes damaged, trees down, roads blocked, and power outages due to the…
Bill to establish Purple Alert for missing with cognitive disabilities passes
A bill that will establish a Purple Alert for missing people with cognitive disabilities has passed the Legislature. House Bill 873 passed the House 121-0 with one person absent and passed the Senate 50-2 with two absent on Monday. Once…
Mississippi Senate blocks House proposal to revise school funding formula
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers are unlikely to create a new funding formula for public schools this year, after senators blocked a House proposal Tuesday — an action that creates tension during the final weeks of a four-month…
Mississippi Senate blocks House proposal to revise school funding formula
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators are unlikely to create a new funding formula for public schools this year, after senators blocked a House proposal Tuesday. Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar said leaders of the two chambers should discuss school funding…
Former Simpson County Justice Court Deputy Clerk arrested
JACKSON, Miss. – Today State Auditor Shad White announced Special Agents from his office have arrested Effie Ramsey, former Simpson County Justice Court Deputy Clerk, for embezzlement and alteration of records. Ramsey is accused of embezzling funds collected from fines and…
Mississippi Senate confirms next State Superintendent of Education
Today, the Mississippi Senate voted to confirm Dr. Lance Evans as the next State Superintendent of Education. In December 2023, the State Board of Education named Dr. Evans to the post after a national search. Senate confirmation during the 2024…
Mississippi capital to revamp how it notifies next of kin about deaths with Justice Department help
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After men near Mississippi’s capital were buried in a pauper’s cemetery without their relatives’ knowledge, the U.S. Justice Department will help the city’s police revamp policies for performing next-of-kin death notifications. The intervention follows the discovery that seven…
Medicaid expansion plans and school funding changes still alive in Mississippi Legislature
BY MICHAEL GOLDBERG AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Bills to expand Medicaid and rewrite the funding formula for public schools are among measures still alive in the Mississippi Legislature. Tuesday was the deadline for House and Senate committees to consider…