By GWEN DILWORTH/Mississippi Today Updated 10:30 AM CST, January 24, 2025 A bill that aims to increase pharmacy benefit managers’ transparency by requiring them to report data to the agency that oversees pharmacy practice in Mississippi passed in the House of Representatives…
January 2nd was the first day of Mississippi's legislative session and the Mississippi House of Representatives elected Jason White as the state's 62nd Speaker of the House. In an unanimous vote, 122 members of the House showed support for the…
A pending proposal at the state capitol will help foster children with college tuition, room and board. On February 3rd, House Bill 1313 was passed in the Mississippi…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House is backing away from a proposal for a statewide election on increasing gasoline and diesel fuel taxes. The idea was to generate more money for improvements to state highways and local roads. House Bill 1364…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House has voted to help women who are pregnant or give birth while in jail or prison. House Bill 196 passed Tuesday. It says leg restraints and handcuffs could not be used on an inmate who…
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi House members have adopted a new rule banning people from taking videos of lawmakers on the House floor. The rule was adopted Wednesday. Republican Jason White is the…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The two top leaders of the Mississippi House are suing Gov. Tate Reeves over his partial veto of some state budget bills. This sets up a new conflict among some…
BY EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will retire the last state flag in the U.S. with the Confederate battle emblem, more than a century after white supremacist legislators adopted the design a generation after the…
By Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-controlled Legislature is trying to restrict the reasons women may seek abortion. This comes after federal courts blocked time limitations the state tried to set the past two years. A bill that…
In a bipartisan move, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed House Bill 571 which strengthens the state’s human trafficking laws. The bill passed by a vote of 115-1. Human trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal industries with 100,000…
The Mississippi House has halted a push to require universities to fly the state’s Confederate-themed flag. Republic Representative William Shirley persuaded the House last week to withhold a tax break from universities that don’t fly the flag. At that time,…
The Mississippi House passed house bill 1523 which protects anyone who believes marriage is between a man and a woman from any form of discrimination. The bill, previously known as the “Religious Liberty Accommodations Act”, passed the House today 80-39.…