Lawmakers and advocates regularly refer to Mississippians without health insurance who are in the “coverage gap.” But what is the coverage gap, and why does it exist? The post Q&A: Explaining the health care coverage gap appeared first on Mississippi Today.

Note: This editorial is featured in Mississippi Today’s weekly legislative newsletter. Subscribe to our free newsletter for exclusive access to legislative analysis and up-to-date information about what’s happening under the Capitol dome. Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann is a good man who has dedicated his adult life to helping...

With a preliminary identification of remains pulled from the Pearl River as that of missing Belhaven Heights resident Dau Mabil, his brother has secured a restraining order barring the body’s release before an autopsy and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson is requesting a Justice Department investigation. A preliminary autopsy of...

Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Jim Greenlee will retire from the bench on June 30, leaving a vacancy on the state’s 10-member appellate court. Greenlee, an Oxford resident, wrote a letter recently to Republican Gov. Tate Reeves informing him of his decision to retire from the state court and said it was a privilege to serve Mississippi citizens, the state and the justice system for over eight years.

As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work. The post A coverage gap Catch-22: To work, Selinda Walker needs health care. To get health care, she needs work. appeared first on Mississippi Today.

We recently reported that Mississippi’s community colleges are struggling to secure funding for buildings to house growing workforce development programs. It’s one of a number of challenges that face our state’s vital but oft-overlooked community college system. There’s more to report, and we want to hear from...

Mississippi’s largest community college violated Title IX when it failed to provide a pregnant student with proper accommodations and course adjustments, resulting in the student failing the semester, a federal civil rights agency said last week. The student had to pump milk in a bathroom stall because Hinds Community...

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When the North Carolina legislative session ends, Jim Burgin, a conservative Republican state senator who serves as chair of his state’s Senate Health Care Committee, will go back to his daily life as a businessman. The owner of an insurance company and a partner in a local car dealership...

Talk more; proclaim less. It’s one of our mottos here at The Center for Practical Ethics (TCPE). To put another way, we might say our goal is to foster conversations rather than diatribes. This task is more difficult than most realize. What we know as ethicists is that merely having conversations isn’t enough. There’s a wide variety of skills needed for fruitful dialogue to take place, and some are harder to come by than others.

On this day in 1959, about 26,000 students took part in the Youth March for Integrated Schools in Washington, D.C. The post On this day in 1959 appeared first on Mississippi Today.

Legislation being debated in a conference committee would restrict how “Goon Squad” victims and others can get relief if they have been wrongfully convicted. House Bill 1253 would impose a one-year limitation on newly discovered evidence. The bill passed the House. The Senate passed an amended version. The...

Kenneth Almons has not received so much as a speeding ticket since he was released from the Mississippi State Penitentiary nearly three decades ago, but a punitive state policy still forces him to carry a sense of shame each day. At 51, he’s run his own business, currently works for...

Hundreds of people rallied at the Mississippi Capitol for a second day Wednesday, urging lawmakers to expand Medicaid to provide health coverage for an estimated 200,000 Mississippians. After faith leaders spoke at the Capitol on Tuesday, Care4Mississippi, a coalition of advocates, held a rally Wednesday. Speakers recounted their struggles with...

The SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy fulfills the vision shared by Gov. Tate Reeves to create more schools dedicated to STEM subjects in Mississippi. The post New STEM school matches governor’s plans for Mississippi appeared first on Mississippi Today.

To broaden its impact, SR1 College Preparatory and STEM has initiated strategic efforts to enhance enrollment and community engagement. The post SR1 CPSA: Shaping the future of education in Mississippi appeared first on Mississippi Today.

The SR1 College Preparatory and STEM Academy is a public charter school that hosts children from kindergarten age to the 5th grade. The post New STEM school in Mississippi to boost economic growth and equity appeared first on Mississippi Today.

In this episode of Mississippi Stories, Mississippi Today Editor-at-Large Marshall Ramsey sits down with Natalie Moore, Peer Wellness Support Services Coordinator for the Mississippi Mental Health Association. Moore and Ramsey share their experiences battling mental health issues and the Congregational Recovery Outreach Program’s upcoming mental health summit. CROP is...

U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate ordered the release of government benefits data on Tuesday to allow Jackson’s third-party water manager to carry out a first-of-its-kind approach to billing. The order calls on government agencies, mainly the Mississippi Department of Human Services, to release data to the manager, JXN...